In India, everything assaults the senses, and it’s kind of over the top - the smells, the colors that people wear, the colors of nature.įinally, even when I am reading something very contemporary, I always feel the shadow of the epics. If you’re describing a colorful people, then your language becomes colorful. The green, if you’re talking about England, is going to be described differently from the way green is described in India or in Colombia, because they are different. The fruits, the vegetables, the colors-their particularities will creep into the language. Every country has its own way of using language which comes out of the land they live in I think, and the climate. I would also say Indian novelists use language very sensually. That is a tough question, but I would say there’s a love of storytelling, of narrative, and a very particular use of narrative – as a way of discussing complex philosophical ideas. In a country with so many different languages and cultures it may be hard to generalize, but do you think there is anything that stands out about Indian literature and makes it distinctive? We’re talking about your choice of the best Indian novels. Foreign Policy & International Relations.
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