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Fiction

  • Talat Abbasi
    Bitter Gourd and Other Stories. Oxford University Press, 2001. [Sawnet Review]

  • Sohaila Abdulali
    The Madwoman of Jogare. Harper Collins, 1998. [Sawnet Review]

  • Mena Abdullah
    The Time of the Peacock. Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1965. Editions Tom Thompson, 1992

  • Shaila Abdullah
    Saffron Dreams. Modern History Press

  • Deepa Agarwal
    If the Earth Should Move. Srishti Publishers, 2003.

  • Shilpa Agarwal
    Haunting Bombay. Soho Press, 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Anita Agnihotri
    Those who had known love. English translation of Jara Bhalobesechhilo, originally in Bengali.

  • Rukhsana Ahmed
    The Hope Chest. Virago.

  • Indrani Aikath-Gyaltsen
    Crane's Morning. Ballantine Books, New York. 1994.
    Hold my Hand, I'm Dying. Ballantine, 1994.
    Daughters of the House. Penguin, New Delhi, 1991.

  • Saher Alam
    The Groom to have been. Spiegel and Grau, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Meena Alexander
    Night-scene, the garden. Mercury House, San Francisco. 1991.
    Manhattan Music. Mercury House, San Francisco. 1997.

  • Usha Alexander
    Only the Eyes are Mine. Frog Books, 2005

  • Monica Ali
    Brick Lane. Doubleday, 2003 [Sawnet Review]

  • Samina Ali
    Madras on Rainy Days. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York. 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Thalassa Ali
    A Singular Hostage. Bantam, 2002
    A Beggar at the Gate. Bantam, US, Sept 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Tahmima Anam
    A Golden Age. John Murray, 2007

  • Lalithambika Antharjanam
    Cast me out if you will. Feminist Press of CUNY, 1998. Translated from Malayalam by Gita Krishnakutty.

  • Shinie Antony
    Barefoot and Pregnant. Rupa, New Delhi, 2003 [Sawnet Review]
    Planet Polygamous. Indialog, Aug 2005. [Sawnet Review]
    Kardamom Kisses. Rupa, New Delhi, 2005. [Sawnet Review]

  • Anjana Appachana
    Listening now. Random House, New York. 1997. [Sawnet Review]
    Incantations. Virago, London or Rutgers University Press. 1991, 1992.

  • Jean Arasanayagam
    In the Garden Secretly, and other stories. Penguin India, 2000.

  • Charlotte Bacon
    There is Room for You. Farrar Straus Giroux, 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Anita Rau Badami
    Tamarind Mem. Penguin, Canada, 1996
    The Hero's Walk. Knopf, Spring 2000. [Sawnet Review]
    Can You Hear the Nightbird Call?. Knopf, Canada, 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Tulsi Badrinath
    Meeting Lives. Niyogi Books, India [Sawnet Review]

  • D. Devika Bai
    Flight of the Swans. Monsoon Books, April 2005

  • Rupa Bajwa
    The Sari Shop. Viking, 2003. [Sawnet Review]

  • Shauna Singh Baldwin
    English Lessons and Other Stories. Goose Lane Editions, Canada. 1996 [Sawnet Review]
    What the Body Remembers. Knopf, September 1999. [Sawnet Review]
    The Tiger Claw. Knopf, Fall 2004. [Sawnet Review]
    We are not in Pakistan. Goose Lane, Canada. 2007 [Sawnet Review]

  • Bama
    Vanmam: Vendetta. Oxford University Press, India. 2008

  • Sara Banerji
    The wedding of Jayanthi Mandel. Gollancz, London. 1987.
    The tea-planter's daughter. Gollancz, London. 1988.
    Absolute hush. Black Swan, London, 1992.
    Cobwebwalking. Adler & Adler, Bethesda, Md. 1987.
    Writing on skin. Doubleday, London, 1993.

  • Kalpana Bardhan
    Wives and others: short stories and a novella. Penguin Books, New Delhi and New York. 1994.

  • Kankana Basu
    Vinegar Sunday. Indialog Publications, 2004

  • Susham Bedi
    Katra Dar Katra (Drop of Drop). Chandigarh: Abhishek, 1994.
    Itar (The Other). National Publishing House, Delhi, 1998.
    Chiriya Aur Cheel (The Small Bird and the Kite: Short Story Collection). Delhi: Parag, 1995.
    Fire Sacrifice (Havan). Paraga Prakasana, Delhi. 1993 translation by David Rubin, Heinemann, Oxford., 1989
    Lautana (The Returning. Paraga Press, Delhi. 1994
    Portrait of Mira. in Urdu. Translated by David Rubin.
    Morche (Battlefronts). Vani Prakashan, Delhi. 2006
    Nava Bhum ki Rastha (Epic of the New Land). National Publishing House, Delhi. 2002
    Gatha Amerbel Ki (Song of the Amerbel). National Publishing House, Delhi. 1999

  • Shakuntala Bharvani
    Lost Directions. Disa Books, Bombay, 1996.

  • Sita Bhaskar
    Shielding Her Modesty. Frog Books, Mumbai. 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Shahbano Bilgrami
    Without Dreams. Harper Collins, 2008

  • Marina Budhos
    House of Waiting. Global City Press, New York. 1995.
    The Professor of Light. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 1999. [Sawnet Review]
    Ask Me No Questions. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Aug 2005.

  • Aruna Chakravarti
    The Inheritors. Penguin, 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Meira Chand
    Last Quadrant. 1979
    The Gossamer Fly. 1979.
    The Painted Cage.
    The House of Evil.
    The Bonsai Tree. 1983.
    Far Horizon. 2002.

  • Brinda Charry
    The Hottest Day of the Year. Penguin India, 2002. [Sawnet Review]

  • Nonda Chatterjee
    The Strawberry Patch. Penguin India, 2004

  • Shoma A. Chatterji
    Yes and Other Stories. Writers Workshop, Calcutta. 1988
    Kamini and other Stories. Har-Anand Publishers, Delhi. 1997.
    Baker's Dozen: Short Stories from India. Ladybug Books, USA. Rupa & Co., Delhi 2003.

  • Anne Cherian
    A Good Indian Wife. WW Norton & Company, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Kunzang Choden
    The Circle of Karma. Zubaan & Penguin India, Penguin Global (2005)

  • Ismat Chughtai
    Terhi Lakhir (The Crooked Line).
    Kaliyan (The Buds).
    Choten (Injuries).
    Chooi Mooi (Fragile).
    Ek Baat (A Point).
    Do Haath (Two hands).
    Ziddi (The obstinate).
    Ek Qatra-e-Khoon (A Drop of Blood).
    Dil Ki Duniya (Heart's World).
    Bahroop Nagar (The Deceptive Town).
    Lifting the Veil. Penguin, 2001
    Quilt and Other Stories. Kali, 1996

  • Ismat Chugtai
    The heart breaks free & The wild one. Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1993.
    The crooked line : Terhi lakir. Asian Writers series, Oxford, England.
    Quilt and other stories. Kali for Women, New Delhi. 1990

  • Gabriel Constans
    Buddha's Wife. Robert D. Reed, 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Suneeta Peres da Costa
    Homework. Bloomsbury USA, 2001

  • Ajeet Cour
    Pebbles in a Tin Drum. Sterling, New Delhi, 1997. [Sawnet Review]

  • Nandita da Cunha
    The Magic of Maya. Rupa & Co,, India. 2006

  • Nisha da Cunha
    Set my heart in aspic. HarperCollins, New Delhi, 1997.
    The Permanence of Grief. Penguin, New Delhi/New York, 1993.
    Old Cypress stories. Penguin, New Delhi/New York. 1991
    No Black No White. Harper Collins, India. 2001

  • Kamala Das
    Alphabet of Lust.
    A Doll for the Child Prostitute.
    The Descendants.

  • Sayantani DasGupta and Shamita Das Dasgupta
    The Demon Slayers and Other Stories: Bengali Folk Tales. Interlink Books, NY. 1995

  • Kavita Daswani
    The Village Bride of Beverly Hills. Putnam Publishing, 2004.
    For Matrimonial Purposes. Penguin Putnam, 2003. [Sawnet Review]
    Salaam, Paris. Plume, June 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Esther David
    By the Sabarmati. Penguin, 2001 [Sawnet Review]
    The Walled City.

  • Abha Dawesar
    Miniplanner. Cleis Press, Nov 2000. [Sawnet Review]
    Babyji. Anchor, Feb 2005 [Sawnet Review]
    That Summer in Paris. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Shobha De
    Starry nights. Penguin, New Delhi, 1991.
    Socialite Evenings. Penguin, New Delhi, 1989. [Sawnet Review]
    Shooting from the hip. UBS, Delhi, 1994.
    Sultry Days. Penguin, New Delhi. 1994.
    Sisters. Penguin, New Delhi. 1992.
    Second Thoughts. Penguin, New Delhi. 1996.
    Selective Memory. Penguin, New Delhi. 1998.

  • Rajlukshmee Debee
    Touch-Me-Not Girl. Disha, Mumbai. 1997. (novel)

  • Anita Desai
    Bye Bye Blackbird. 1971
    Voices in the City. 1965
    Fire on the Mountain. Penguin, 1977 [Sawnet Review]
    Cry the Peacock. 1980
    Games at Twilight and Other Stories. 1978
    Clear Light of Day. 1982
    Baumgartner's Bombay. 1988
    In Custody. Penguin, 1984.
    Fasting, Feasting.
    Journey to Ithaca. Heinemann. 1995
    The Zig-Zag Way. Houghton Mifflin, 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Kiran Desai
    Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard. Faber and Faber, London. 1998.
    The Inheritance of Loss. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Shashi Deshpande
    The Intrusion and other stories. Penguin. New Delhi, New York. 1993.
    Come up and be dead. Vikas, New Delhi, 1983.
    Roots & Shadows. Sangam Books, Bombay, 1983.
    The Dark holds no terrors. Vikas, Ghaziabad, 1980.
    The Legacy and other stories. Writers Workshop, Calcutta. 1978.
    A Matter of Time. Feminist Press, New York. 1999.
    The Long Silence. Penguin. New Delhi, New York. 1989
    Small Remedies.
    Moving On. Penguin, New Delhi, 2004.

  • Mahasweta Devi
    The Book of the Hunter. Seagull India, 2002.
    Outcast. Seagull, India, 2002.
    Imaginary Maps: three stories. Routledge, NY. 1995
    Breast Stories. Seagull, Calcutta, 1997
    Five Plays. Seagull, 1986, 1997
    Ek-kori's Dream. National Book Trust, 1976
    Of Women, Outcasts, Peasants, and Rebels. University of California Press, 1990.
    Basai Tudu. Thima, Calcutta, 1993
    Mother of 1084. Seagull, Calcutta, 1997.
    Dust on the Road: The activist writings of Mahaseta Devi. Seagull, Calcutta.
    Kulaputra. CVG Publications, Bangalore

  • Maitreyi Devi
    It Does Not Die. University of Chicago Press. 1976

  • Rani Dharkar
    The Virgin Syndrome. Penguin, New Delhi. 1997.

  • Leena Dhingra
    Amritvela. Women's Press, London, 1988. Also published as First Light. Rupa & Co., Calcutta, 1991.

  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
    The Vine of Desire. Doubleday, 2002. [Sawnet Review]
    The Unknown Errors of Our Lives. Doubleday, 2001. [Sawnet Review]
    Sister of my heart. Doubleday, 1999. [Sawnet Review]
    The Mistress of Spices. Bantam Doubleday. 1997 [Sawnet Review]
    Arranged Marriage. Anchor Books/Doubleday. 1995. [Sawnet Review]
    Queen of Dreams. Doubleday, 2004 [Sawnet Review]
    The Palace of Illusions. Doubleday, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Carl Djerassi
    No. Penguin, 2000 [Sawnet Review]

  • Farzana Doctor
    Stealing Nasreen. Inanna Publications, Canada

  • Tehmina Durrani
    Blasphemy.

  • Sonia Faleiro
    The Girl. Penguin, India, 2006.

  • Roopa Farooki
    Bitter Sweets. St. Martin's Press

  • Chitra Fernando
    Between Worlds. Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1988.
    The golden bird. Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1987.
    Three women. Writers Workshop, Conn. USA, 1984.
    On idiom. Univ of Exeter, 1981.

  • Ru Freeman
    A Disobedient Girl. Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Nell Freudenberger
    Lucky Girls. Harper Collins, 2003. [Sawnet Review]

  • Shama Futehally
    Tara Lane. Ravi Dayal, Delhi, 1993. [Sawnet Review]
    In the dark of the heart.
    Sorry, Best Friend.
    Reaching Bombay Central. Penguin India, 2002 [Sawnet Review]

  • Reeti Gadekar
    Families at Home. Harper Collins, 2008

  • Indira Ganesan
    The Journey. Knopf, New York. 1990
    Inheritance. Knopf, New York. 1998

  • V.V. Ganeshananthan
    Love Marriage. Random House, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Mridula Garg
    Daffodils of Fire. New Delhi, National Publishing House, 1990 (stories)
    A Touch of Sun. New Delhi, National Publishing House, 1982 (novel)
    The Colour of my Being. Indus, New Delhi. 1996. (novel

  • Feryal Ali Gauhar
    The Scent of Wet Earth in August. Penguin, 2002
    No Space for Further Burials. Women Unlimited, 2007

  • Shree Ghatage
    Awake when all the world is asleep. House of Anansi, Aug 1999.

  • Sagarika Ghose
    The Gin Drinkers. Harper Collins, 2000.

  • Rachna Gilmore
    Of Customs and Excise. Second Story Press, Toronto. 1991

  • Namita Gokhale
    The Book of Shadows. Penguin, New Delhi. 2001 [Sawnet Review]
    Gods, Graves and Grandmothers. Rupa, New Delhi. 1994.
    Paro: dreams of passion. Hogarth Press, London, 1984.

  • Yasmine Gooneratne
    A Change of Skies. Picador Australia, 1991. Penguin Books India, 1992
    The Sweet and Simple Kind. Perera Hussein, Colombo, 2006
    Masterpiece and Other Stories. Indialog, New Delhi, 2002.
    The Pleasures of Conquest. Penguin India, 1995. Random House Australia 1996.
    Celebrating Sri Lankan Women’s English Writing 1948 – 2000.. Women’s Education & Research Centre, Colombo, 2002.

  • Shanti Gopalan
    A Gift of Wings. [Sawnet Review]

  • Neelam Saran Gour
    Grey Pigeon and other stories. Penguin India, 1993.
    Speaking of 62. Penguin India, 1995.
    Winter Companions and other stories. Penguin India, 1997.

  • Sunetra Gupta
    A Sin of Colour. Penguin, 1999.
    Moonlight into Marzipan. Phoenix House, London, 1995.
    The glassblower's breath. Grove Press, New York, 1993.
    Memories of Rain. Grove Press, New York, 1992.

  • Nafisa Haji
    The Writing on my Forehead. Harper Collins, 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Hina Haq
    Sadika's Way. Academy Chicago Publishers, 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Githa Hariharan
    When Dreams Travel. Picador, 1999.
    The Thousand Faces of Night. Viking Penguin, India. 1992 [Sawnet Review]
    The Art of Dying. Penguin, New Delhi, New York. 1993.
    The Ghosts of Vasu Master. Viking Penguin, New Delhi, New York. 1994.
    A Southern Harvest. Katha, New Delhi. 1993.
    In Times of Siege. Viking, Delhi, 2003 [Sawnet Review]

  • Tanuja Desai Hidier
    Born Confused. Scholastic, 2002. [Sawnet Review]

  • Attia Hosain
    Phoenix Fled: and other stories. Virago, London. 1988
    Sunlight on a broken column. Virago, Penguin, London. 1989

  • Rokeya Sukawat Hussain
    Sultana's Dream. Feminist Press, ~1990. Translated by Roushan Jahan. Edited by Roushan Jahan and Hanna Papanek.

  • Ameena Hussein
    Fifteen. Perera Hussein Publishing House, Colombo, Sri Lanka
    Zillij. Perera Hussein Publishing House, 2003.

  • Samantha Sirimanne Hyde
    The Villawood Express and other stories. Ginninderra Press, 2007

  • Qurratulain Hyder
    River of Fire. Author translation of Aag ka Dariya. Kali, New Delhi.
    Season of Betrayal. Kali for Women, 1999.
    A woman's life. Chetana Publications, Delhi. 1979.
    Stories from India.. Sterling Publishers, New Delhi. 1974.
    Fireflies in the mist.
    The sound of falling leaves. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 1994.

  • Suguna Iyer
    The Evening Gone. Penguin India, 2001. [Sawnet Review]

  • Tania James
    Atlas of Unknowns. Random House, 2009

  • Sheela Jaywant
    Quilted. Hindon, Mumbai, Feb 2003. [Sawnet Review]
    Melting Moments. Hindon, Mumbai, 2007
    The Liftman and other stories. Hindon, Mumbai, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Radhika Jha
    Smell. Viking Penguin, 1999. [Sawnet Review]

  • Ruth Prawar Jhabvala
    Shards of Memory. Doubleday, 1995.
    East into Upper East. Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi. 1998.
    Poet and Dancer. 1993
    Delhi Stones and Streets. 1990
    Three Continents. 1987
    Out of India Selected Stories. 1986
    In Search of Love and Beauty. 1983
    How I Became a Holy Mother and Other Stories. 1976
    Heat and Dust. 1975
    Travelers. 1973
    New Dominion. 1972
    Stronger Climate Nine Stories. 1968
    Backward Place. 1965
    Like Birds Like Fishes and Other Stories. 1963
    Get Ready for Battle. 1962
    Householder. 1960
    Nature of Passion; a novel. 1957
    Amrita; a novel. 1956

  • Geeta Abraham Jose
    By the River Pampa I stood. Srishti, 2007. [Sawnet Review]

  • Usha K.R.
    Sojourn. Manas Press, Mumbai, 1998.
    The Chosen. Penguin India, 2003.
    A Girl and a River. Penguin India, 2007 [Sawnet Review]

  • Manju Kak
    First Light in Colonelpura. Penguin India
    Requiem for an unsung revolutionary and other stories. Ravi Dayal, 1996.

  • Advaita Kala
    Almost Single. Harper Collins India, 2007

  • Ginu Kamani
    Junglee Girl. Aunt Lute Books, San Francisco. 1995.

  • Lakshmi Kannan
    Going Home. Disha, New Delhi, 1999.
    India Gate. Orient Longman, New Delhi, 1993.
    Parijata. National Publishing House, New Delhi, 1992.

  • Kundanika Kapadia
    Seven Steps.

  • Manju Kapur
    Difficult Daughters. Penguin India, 1998.
    A Married Woman. India Ink, 2003
    Home. Random House, 2006
    The Immigrant. Random House, 2009

  • Mariam Karim
    My Little Boat. Penguin India, 2004.

  • Sikeena Karmali
    A House By the Sea. Vehicule Press, Montreal, 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Basanti Karmarkar
    Love in the Throes of Tradition. Writer's Workshop, Calcutta. 1990.
    Love's fearful passage. Yang Publishers, Singapore. 1993.

  • Suvimalee Karunaratna
    Lake Marsh. Colombo, 1993.
    Four short stories of Sri Lanka. Ed by LeRoy Robinson. (Keiei to Keizai, Nagasaki University, vol 71 no 1). June 1991.
    Prisoners of karma. Buddhist Publication Society of Sri Lanka, 1991.
    Walking Meditation. Buddhist Publication Society of Sri Lanka, 1988.
    Bili Poja. Hansa Publishers : Colombo, 1973

  • Irawati Karve
    Yuganta. Orient Longman, 1991. 1967, Marathi edition.

  • Sorayya Khan
    Noor. Alhamra Publishing, Islamabad, 2003. Penguin India, 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Uzma Aslam Khan
    The Story of Noble Rot. Penguin India, 2001.
    Trespassing. Harper Collins, 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Bharti Kirchner
    Darjeeling. St Martin's Press, 2002. [Sawnet Review]
    Sharmila's Book. Dutton, 1999. [Sawnet Review]
    Shiva Dancing. Dutton, New York, 1998.
    Pastries. St.Martin's Press, 2003. [Sawnet Review]

  • Mridula Koshy
    If it is Sweet. Tranquebar/Westland, India [Sawnet Review]

  • Geeta Kothari
    Did my mama like to dance?. Avon Books, New York, 1994.

  • Michelle de Kretser
    The Hamilton Case. Little, Brown. May 2004

  • Anu Kumar
    Letters for Paul. Mapin Publications, Bangalore. Jan 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Jhumpa Lahiri
    Interpreter of Maladies. Mariner Books, 1999. [Sawnet Review]
    The Namesake. Houghton Mifflin, 2003. [Sawnet Review]
    Unaccustomed Earth. Knopf, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Vijay Lakshmi
    Pomegranate Dreams. Indialog, 2002. [Sawnet Review]

  • Nikita Lalwani
    Gifted. Random House, 2007

  • Chandani Lokuge
    Moth and other short stories. Dangaroo, Sydney, 1992.
    If the Moon Smiled. Penguin India, 2000. [Sawnet Review]

  • Sharon Maas
    Of Marriageable Age. South Asia Books [Sawnet Review]
    Peacocks Dancing. [Sawnet Review]
    The Speech of Angels.

  • Cauvery Madhavan
    The Uncoupling. Penguin, 2003
    Paddy Indian. Blackadder, 2001

  • Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan
    You Are Here. Penguin Books India, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Meera Mahadevan
    Shulamith. Arnold-Heinemann, India,

  • Indira Mahendra
    The End Play.

  • Amulya Malladi
    A Breath of Fresh Air. Ballantine, 2002. [Sawnet Review]
    Serving Crazy with Curry. Ballantine Books, 2004. [Sawnet Review]
    The Mango Season. Ballantine Books, June 2003.
    Song of the Cuckoo Bird. Ballantine, New York. 2006 [Sawnet Review]
    The Sound of Language. Ballantine, 2007

  • Bhargavi C. Mandava
    Where the Oceans Meet. Seal Press Feminist Publications, 1997.

  • Christine Mangala
    The Firewalkers. Aquila Books, Australia, 1991.

  • Rani Manicka
    The Rice Mother. Viking, 2003 [Sawnet Review]

  • Kamala Markandaya
    The Nowhere Man. 1972
    The Coffee Dams. 1969
    A Handful of Rice. 1966
    Possession; a novel. 1963
    A Silence of Desire. 1960
    Some Inner Fury. 1956
    Nectar in a Sieve. 1955

  • Anuradha Marwah-Roy
    Idol Love. Ravi Dayal, India, 1999.

  • Margaret Mascarenhas
    Skin. Penguin India, 2001. [Sawnet Review]

  • Sujata Massey
    The Floating Girl. Harper Collins, April 2000.
    The Flower Master. HarperCollins, 1999.
    The Salaryman's Wife. Harper Paperbacks, 1997. [Sawnet Review]
    Zen Attitude. Harper Paperbacks, June 1998.

  • Khadija Mastur
    Cool, Sweet Water. Oxford University Press, 1999. Translated by Tahira Naqvi.

  • Anna Sujatha Mathai
    The attic of night. Rupa & Co., Calcutta, 1991.

  • Manorama Mathai
    Mulligatawny Soup. Penguin, New Delhi, 1993. [Sawnet Review]
    Liles that Fester. Writers Workshop, Calcutta. 1988.
    An Unsuitable Woman. 1996.
    Whispering Generations. Srishti Publishers, Delhi, Jan 2004.
    The Wind in the Eye & Other Stories. Yeti Books, Kerala. 2003.

  • CK Meena
    Black Lentil Doughnuts. Dronequill, Bangalore. [Sawnet Review]

  • Ameena Meer
    Bombay Talkie. High Risk/Serpent Tail, New York. 1994. [Sawnet Review]

  • Gita Mehta
    Raj. Simon & Schuster, New York. 1989.
    Snakes and ladders : glimpses of India. Nan A. Talese, New York, 1997.
    Karma Cola. Vintage Books, New York. 1994..
    A River Sutra. Doubleday, N.Y. 1993

  • Rama Mehta
    Inside the Haveli. Penguin India. [Sawnet Review]

  • Rosalind Mendis
    The Tragedy of a Mystery: a Ceylon Story. Stockwell, 1928, 1986.
    My Son Lia. Karunaratna Bros, Colombo, 1974.

  • VK Mina
    The Splintered Day. Serpent's Tail, 1999. [Sawnet Review]

  • Jaishree Misra
    Ancient Promises. Penguin India, 2000.
    Afterwards. Penguin India, 2004 [Sawnet Review]
    Accidents like Love and Marriage. Penguin India, 2001

  • Mary Anne Mohanraj
    Torn Shapes of Desire. Intangible Assets Manufacturing, 1996.
    Bodies in Motion. Harper Collins, July 2005 [Sawnet Review]

  • Sharmistha Mohanty
    New Life. Roli Books, 2006

  • Moni Mohsin
    The End of Innocence. Penguin, 2006. [Sawnet Review]

  • Sunanda Mongia
    Cryptozones. Writers Workshop, Calcutta. 1996.

  • Nirmala Moorthy
    Maya. Penguin India, 1997.
    The Coiled Serpent. Clocktower Books, India, 2000.
    The River Turned Red. PublishAmerica, 2003.

  • Shani Mootoo
    Cereus Blooms at Night. Pressgang Publishers, Canada, 1996.
    Out on Main Street. Pressgang Publishers, Canada, 1993. [Sawnet Review]
    He Drown She in the Sea. Grove Press, 2005

  • Bharati Mukherjee
    Desirable Daughters. Theia Books, 2002.
    Leave It to Me. Knopf, 1997.
    Tiger's Daughter. Houghton Mifflin, 1971
    Darkness. 1985
    Days and Nights in Calcutta. 1977
    Wife. 1975
    Jasmine. Grove, 1989
    The Holder of the World. 1993
    The Tree Bride. 2004

  • Suroopa Mukherjee
    Across the Mystic Shore. Macmillan New Writing, UK. 2007

  • Anuradha Muralidharan
    Coconut Cutter and other stories.

  • Anita Nair
    Satyr of the Subway and other stories. Har-Anand Publications, 1997
    The Better Man. Picador, 2000 [Sawnet Review]
    Ladies Coupe. Penguin India, 2001. Chatto and Windus UK, 2002.

  • Meera Nair
    Video. Pantheon, New York, 2002. [Sawnet Review]

  • Preethi Nair
    Gypsy Masala. Ninefish Press, UK (2000). [Sawnet Review]
    One Hundred Shades of White. Harper Collins, 2003.

  • Kavery Nambisan
    On Wings of Butterflies. Penguin India, 2002.
    The Scent of Pepper. Penguin India
    Mango-Coloured Fish. Penguin India.
    The Hills of Angheri. Penguin, India. 2005 [Sawnet Review]

  • Suniti Namjoshi
    Feminist Fables. Spinifex, Melbourne. 1993.

  • Maniza Naqvi
    On Air. Oxford University Press, 2000. [Sawnet Review]
    Mass Transit. Oxford University Press, Karachi, 1998.
    Stay with Me. Sama Publishers, Pakistan, 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Tahira Naqvi
    Dying in a strange country. TSAR Books, 2001. [Sawnet Review]
    Attar of Roses and other stories of Pakistan. Lynne Rienner Press, CO, 1987.

  • Sakuntala Narasimhan
    Lucky Days and other stories. Writers Workshop, Calcutta. 1989

  • Kirin Narayan
    Love, Stars and all that. Simon and Schuster, 1994. [Sawnet Review]

  • Taslima Nasrin
    Forashi Premik (French Lover). Penguin India, 2001.
    Lajja. Ananda Pabalisarsa, Kalakata. In Bengali. 1993.
    Motherhood.

  • Srividya Natarajan
    No Onions Nor Garlic. Penguin, India. June 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Meena Arora Nayak
    About Daddy. Penguin India, 2000.
    In the aftermath. Penguin, New Delhi, New York. 1992.

  • Rohini Nilekani
    Stillborn. Penguin, India. 1998. [Sawnet Review]

  • Jai Nimbkar
    Temporary Answers.
    Come Rain.
    Phantom Bird.

  • Lalita Noronha
    Where Monsoons Cry. Black Words Press, 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Shazia Omar
    Like a Diamond in the Sky. Penguin/Zubaan, New Delhi, 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Manjula Padmanabhan
    Hot death, cold soup. Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1996.
    Harvest.
    Kleptomania. Penguin India, 2003 [Sawnet Review]

  • Mrinal Pande
    Daughter's Daughter. Penguin Books. 1993 [Sawnet Review]
    The subject is woman. Sanchar Publishing House, New Delhi. 1991
    That Which Ram Hath Ordained. Seagull Books, 1993

  • Uma Parameswaran
    Mangoes on the Maple Tree. Broken Jaw Press, Canada. [Sawnet Review]
    The Sweet Smell of Mother's Milk-Wet Bodice.
    What was always hers.
    Cyclic Hope, Cyclic Pain. Writers Workshop, Calcutta, 1972.
    Trishanku. TSAR, Toronto, 1988.
    Rootless but green are the Boulevard Trees. 1989.
    The door I shut behind me: selected fiction, poetry and drama.. Affiliated East-West Press (P) Ltd., New Delhi. 1990
    SACLIT: An Introduction to South Asian Canadian Literature. East West Books, Madras, 1996.
    SACLIT Drama: Plays by South Asian Canadians. IBH Prakashana, Bangalore, 1996.
    Sons Must Die and Other Plays. Prestige Books, New Delhi, 1998.
    Fighter Pilots Never Die. Larkuma Press, 2006 [Sawnet Review]
    The Forever Banyan Tree. Larkuma Press, 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Sujata Parasher
    In Pursuit of Infidelity. Rupa, New Delhi. [Sawnet Review]

  • Nausheen Pasha-Zaidi
    The Colour of Mehndi. Frog Books, 2006

  • Padma Pereira
    Birthday Deathday and Other Stories. Women's Press, London, 1985.

  • Shyama Perera
    Do the Right Thing. Sceptre, London, 2002 [Sawnet Review]
    Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet. Sceptre, 1999
    Bitter Sweet Symphony. Sceptre, 2000

  • Lakshmi Persaud
    Butterfly in the Wind. Peepal Tree Press, 1990.
    Sastra. Peepal Tree Press, 1993.
    For the Love of My Name. Peepal Tree Press, 2001. [Sawnet Review]
    Raise the Lanterns High. BlackAmber Books, 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Meher Pestonji
    Mixed Marriage and Other Parsi Stories. Harper Collins, 1999. [Sawnet Review]
    Pervez. Harper Collins, India. 2002 [Sawnet Review]

  • Mitra Phukan
    The Collector's Wife. Zubaan & Penguin India, 2005. Penguin USA.

  • Asita Prabhushankar
    Beyond the Call of Voice. Frog Books, Mumbai. 2005 [Sawnet Review]

  • Chandra Prasad
    Death of a Circus. Red Hen Press, 2006

  • Amrita Pritam
    Ode to Waris Shah.

  • Bano Qudsia
    Hasil Ghaat. Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore. 2003

  • Saira Ramasastry
    Heir to Govandhara. Writer's Circle, San Jose, 2000. [Sawnet Review]

  • Shona Ramaya
    Beloved Mother, Queen of the Night. Martin Secker and Warburg, London. 1993. Penguin India 1994. [Sawnet Review]

  • Anne Ranasinghe
    Desire and other short stories. English Writers Cooperative, Colombo, 1994.
    The Letter and Other Stories. 1994.

  • Shreelata Rao-Seshadri
    Matrimonials are Deadly. Penguin Books, New Delhi, New York. 1995 [Sawnet Review]
    The Mangled Suitor. Dronequill, 2003. [Sawnet Review]

  • Rishi Reddi
    Karma and other stories. Harper, 2007

  • Karen Roberts
    Flower Boy. Random House, 2000.
    July. 2002.

  • Diana Romany
    Spoonful of Grey. Mapin Books, Bangalore. Fall 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Arundhati Roy
    The God of Small Things. Random House, New York, 1997. Booker-Prize winning novel.
    In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones. Penguin, 2004. First published 1988.

  • Reshma Ruia
    Something Black in the Lentil Soup. BlackAmber Books, 2003 [Sawnet Review]

  • Nayantara Sahgal
    Rich Like Us. Penguin Books
    Plans for departure.
    Storm in Chandigarh.
    Mistaken Identity.
    The day in shadow.
    A situation in New Delhi.

  • Jawahara Saidullah
    The Burden of Foreknowledge. IndiaInk/Roli Books, New Delhi, 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Sabrina Saleem
    a.b.c.d's. Hamiduddin, Feb 1999.

  • Preeta Samarasan
    Evening is the Whole Day. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Lavanya Sankaran
    The Red Carpet. The Dial Press, New York.

  • Kausalya Saptharishi
    The TamBrahm Bride. New Horizon Media, Chennai

  • Sehba Sarwar
    Black Wings. Alhamra Publishing, Ismabad. June 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Prema Sastri
    A Fine Gift for Lakshmi. Songbyrde Publications, Bangalore. 2007 [Sawnet Review]

  • Krupabai Satthianandhan
    Kamala: a story of Hindu life. First published 1894, reissued by Oxford University Press. Edited by Chandani Lokuge.

  • Shanthi Sekaran
    The Prayer Room. MacAdam/Cage, Jan 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Maureen Seneviratne
    Nights of the Dark Moon. Swastika, Colombo, 1995.
    The Sound of Echoes. Swastika, Colombo, 1992.
    Leaves from the As'vattha. WERC Publications, Colombo, 1991.
    Mists on a Lake. Swastika, Colombo, 1984.

  • Pepita Seth
    The Pala Tree. Penguin, New Delhi. 1993.
    The Spirit Land. Penguin, New Delhi. 1994.

  • Rajee Seth
    Against Myself. New Delhi: Rupa, 1993
    Unarmed. Chennai: Macmillan, 1998

  • Robbie Clipper Sethi
    The Bride Wore Red. Bridge Works, [Sawnet Review]
    Fifty-fifty. Silicon Press, 2003 [Sawnet Review]

  • Bina Shah
    Animal Medicine. Oxford University Press, Karachi. 2001. [Sawnet Review]
    Where They Dream in Blue. Alhamra Publishing, Pakistan. 2001. [Sawnet Review]

  • Kamila Shamsie
    Kartography. Bloomsbury, 2002. [Sawnet Review]
    Salt and Saffron. Bloomsbury, 2000. [Sawnet Review]
    In the City by the Sea.
    Broken Verses. Harcourt, 2005 [Sawnet Review]
    Burnt Shadows. Picador (Macmillan), 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Bulbul Sharma
    Banana Flower Dreams. Viking Penguin, New Delhi/New York. (1999)
    The Anger of Aubergines. Kali for Women, 1998 [Sawnet Review]
    My Sainted Aunts. Penguin, 2002 [Sawnet Review]

  • Poonam Sharma
    girl most likely to. Red Dress Ink, Jan 2007
    All Eyes On Her. Red Dress Ink, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Nina Sibal
    Dogs of Justice. Delhi: Ravi Dayal, 1998
    Yatra. 1987.
    Secret life of Gujar Mal.

  • Jameela Siddiqi
    . Bougle L'Ouevre Publications, 2001.
    The Feast of Nine Virgins. Bogle-L'Ouverture Press, 2001 [Sawnet Review]

  • Bapsi Sidhwa
    An American brat. Milkweed Editions, Minneapolis, 2006. First published 1993. [Sawnet Review]
    Cracking India. Milkweed Editions, 1993. First published 1992.
    The Pakistani Bride. Milkweed Editions 2008. First published 1983. [Sawnet Review]
    The Crow Eaters. Milkweed Editions, 2006. First published 1978. [Sawnet Review]
    Water. Milkweed, USA. Penguin, India. 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Jacquelin Singh
    Home to India. Sag Harbour, NY 1997.
    Uncle's Concubine and other stories. Indus, New Delhi,1993.
    Seasons. Penguin, India. 1991. Titled Home to India. in the US, Permanent Press.
    Fat Gopal. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, San Diego, 1984.

  • Mina Singh
    A Partial Woman. Kali for Women, New Delhi, 1997.

  • Sonia Singh
    Goddess for Hire. Harper Collins, 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Sunny Singh
    Nani's book of suicides. Harper Collins, May 2000.
    With Krishna's Eyes. Rupa, New Delhi. 2006

  • Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
    Earning the Laundry Stripes. Rupa, New Delhi, 2006
    The Long Walk Home. Harper Collins, New Delhi, 2006

  • Kasturi Sreenivasan
    Devadasi. Charity Trust, Coimbatore.

  • Atima Srivastava
    Transmission. Serpent's Tail, 1992.
    Looking for Maya. Penguin India 1999.

  • Indu Sundaresan
    The Twentieth Wife. Pocket Books, Feb 2002. [Sawnet Review]
    The Feast of Roses. Atria Books, 2003.
    The Splendor of Silence. Atria, 2006 [Sawnet Review]
    In the Convent of Little Flowers. Simon and Schuster, 2008 [Sawnet Review]

  • Kalpana Swaminathan
    Ambrosia for Afters. Penguin Books, India, 2003. [Sawnet Review]

  • Meera Syal
    Life isn't all Ha Ha Hee Hee. The New Press, London/New York. Apr 2000. [Sawnet Review]
    Anita and me. Indus, New Delhi, 1996. Flamingo, 1996.
    My sister-wife.

  • Manjushree Thapa
    The Tutor of History. Penguin India, Sept 2001. [Sawnet Review]
    Tilled Earth. Penguin India 2009 [Sawnet Review]

  • Rajini Thirangama
    Broken Palmyra. 1990.

  • Dalip Kour Tiwana
    Gone are the Rivers. Chennai: Macmillan, 1998
    Journey on Bare Feet. New Delhi, Orient Longman, 1990

  • Thrity Umrigar
    The Space Between Us. William Morrow, 2006. [Sawnet Review]
    If Today be Sweet. Harper Perennial, 2008
    The Weight of Heaven. Harper Collins, 2008

  • Nilita Vachani
    HomeSpun. Penguin, India. 2005 [Sawnet Review]

  • Neela Vaswani
    Where the Long Grass Bends. Sarabande Books, 2004 [Sawnet Review]

  • Vasanthi Victor
    When Peacocks Dance. iUniverse, 2003 [Sawnet Review]

  • Soma Vira
    Planet Keepers Series.
    Traps Series.
    Angel Trails.

  • Susan Visvanathan
    The Visiting Moon. India Ink, 2002. [Sawnet Review]
    Something Barely Remembered. Penguin, 2000. [Sawnet Review]
    Phosphorus and Stone. Zubaan Books, 2007

  • Kaavya Viswanathan
    How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. Little, Brown & Company, 2006 [Sawnet Review]

  • Volga
    Swechcha (Freedom).

  • Nalini Warriar
    Blues from the Malabar Coast. TSAR Books, April 2002. [Sawnet Review]

  • Zai Whitaker
    Up the Ghat. Affiliated East-West Press, New Delhi, 1992.

  • Punyakante Wijenaike
    Amulet. Nugegoda, 1994
    Yukthi and other Stories. Kelaniya, 1991
    A Way of Life. Nugegoda, 1987.
    The Rebel. Lake House : Colombo, 1979.
    The Betel Vine. Colombo, 1972
    Giraya. Colombo, 1971.
    The Waiting Earth. Colombo, 1966
    The Third Woman and Other Stories. Colombo, 1963.

    Anthologies

  • At the Gates. Larkuma Press larkuma2003@yahoo.com. 2004. [Sawnet Review]

  • Image and Representation. Oxford University Press

  • Kaleidoscope. South Asian Affairs, 2003.

  • Stories from Sri Lanka. Heinemann Educational Books, Hong Kong, 1979.

  • Storylines: conversations with women writers. Women's World (India) and Asmita Resource Center for Women, Hyderabad.

  • Tense Past, Tense Present. Stree, Kolkata, 2003.

  • Where the Rain is Born. Penguin, India. 2003
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