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Postcolonial and South Asian postmodern writing (1970–2000)

Postcolonial and South Asian postmodern writing (1970–2000)

  1. Subaltern Studies project launches in print

    Labels: Subaltern Studies, Ranajit Guha
  2. Anita Desai publishes *In Custody*

    Labels: Anita Desai, In Custody
  3. Spivak’s “Can the Subaltern Speak?” circulates widely

    Labels: Gayatri Spivak, Can the
  4. Amitav Ghosh publishes *The Shadow Lines*

    Labels: Amitav Ghosh, The Shadow
  5. Bapsi Sidhwa publishes *Ice-Candy-Man* in the UK

    Labels: Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy-Man
  6. Rushdie’s *The Satanic Verses* sparks global controversy

    Labels: Salman Rushdie, The Satanic
  7. Sidhwa’s novel republished in the U.S. as *Cracking India*

    Labels: Bapsi Sidhwa, Cracking India
  8. Rohinton Mistry publishes *Such a Long Journey*

    Labels: Rohinton Mistry, Such a
  9. Vikram Seth publishes *A Suitable Boy*

    Labels: Vikram Seth, A Suitable
  10. Bhabha publishes *The Location of Culture*

    Labels: Homi Bhabha, The Location
  11. Prakash reframes Subaltern Studies as postcolonial critique

    Labels: Gyan Prakash, Subaltern Studies
  12. Ghosh publishes genre-bending *The Calcutta Chromosome*

    Labels: Amitav Ghosh, The Calcutta
  13. Appadurai publishes *Modernity At Large*

    Labels: Arjun Appadurai, Modernity At
  14. Agha Shahid Ali releases *The Country Without a Post Office*

    Labels: Agha Shahid, The Country
  15. Roy publishes *The God of Small Things*

    Labels: Arundhati Roy, The God
  16. Deepa Mehta adapts Partition fiction in film *Earth*

    Labels: Deepa Mehta, Earth 1947