Books by Roshan Ali
“India is a young country. It’s dominated by its youth, and Bangalore is probably the most youth-dominated city of all. It’s the city of the tech industry, where a lot of people roll up from other places to work in those kinds of jobs, and so it has a lot of people like Roshan, middle-class young people looking to make a life in the city, and often being disappointed by the promises of contemporary India.” Read more...
The Best Indian Novels of 2019
Rana Dasgupta, Novelist
Interviews where books by Roshan Ali were recommended
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Ib's Endless Search for Satisfaction
by Roshan Ali -
2
My Father's Garden
by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar -
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Trial by Silence
by Perumal Murugan, translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan -
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A Lonely Harvest
by Perumal Murugan, translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan -
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The Far Field: A Novel
by Madhuri Vijay -
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There's Gunpowder in the Air
by Manoranjan Byapari, translated by Arunava Sinha
The Best Indian Novels of 2019, recommended by Rana Dasgupta
The Best Indian Novels of 2019, recommended by Rana Dasgupta
India has a thriving literary community working in 22 official languages plus English, says Rana Dasgupta, the literary director of the JCB Prize: a major award for the best new novel by an Indian author. Here, he talks us through their 2019 shortlist.
