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Indian English literature is very resonant and elegant literature among regional literatures in India and among other literatures around the globe. The rapid growth of this literature is amazingly wonderful. Some literary legends and all time great writers like R.N. Tagore. R.K. Narayan, M.R. Anand, Raja Rao, Anita Desai etc. are prettiest feathers in the cap of Indo-Anglian literature. This progress has been a saga of a colourful procession in the field of fiction, poetry and drama. In this critical anthology several scholars have tried to explore and detect this odyssey of Indian English literature. There are a good number of articles in the present anthology contributed by writers from different walks of life-professors, lecturers, poets, critics, and research scholars etc. Some of the writers analysed are Mulk Raj Anand, Amitav Ghosh, Salman Rushdie, Mahesh Dattani, Girish Karnad, Arun Joshi, Jayanta Mahapatra, Kamla Das, Shashi Deshpande, Namita Gokhale, Bharati Mukherjee, Taslima Nasrin, Kiran Desai, Nayantara Sahgal, Anita Desai and D.C. Chambial. It is hoped that the book will be of great help to the students, researchers and teachers of English literature and will even appeal to those interested in Indian English literature. About the Author Dr. M.F. Patel (b. 1974) achieved Bachelor Degree in English from Shri & Smt. P.K. Kotawala Arts College, Patan in 1994 and Master Degree from Development of English, North Gujarat University, Patan in 1966. Presently he is discharging his duties as Principal of Smt. C.C. Mahila Arts & Sheth C.N. Commerce College, Visnagar, Gujarat. He had also served as a NCC Officer with the rank of Lieutenant. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan on 7th August, 2007 on The Novels of Anita Desai: A Multi-Dimensional Thematic Study. Dr. Patels twenty articles have been published in books and various National & International journals. He has presented papers in State, National & International Level Seminars and participated in various workshops and International Symposium as well as International Writes Festival. He has completed a Minor Research Project entitled Critical Study of the Novels of Antina Desai, accorded by the UGC, New Delhi. His area of special interest is Indian Writing in English. He has to his credit fourteen voluminous books till date. He is going to launch a new national annual refereed journal entitled The Literary Musing: A Refereed Journal of English Language & Literary Writings in June 2010.