http://www.indianwriters.info We talk about popular Indian Writers Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Suzanna Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, Meghalaya on November 24, 1961. Her mother, Mary Roy was a Keralite Syrian Christian activist for women's rights. Her Bengali father was a planter of tea. Her childhood was spent in Aymanam or Ayemenem of Kerala. She attended school at Corpus Christi, Kottayam ... http://www.indianwriters.info/2008/06/24/arundhati-roy/ Mulk Raj Anand was born in Peshawar, India, on December 12, 1905. He died on September 28, 2004 in Pune, India, at the age of ninety-eight. Mulk Raj Anand was a renowned writer from India who wrote in English. He was famous for his writings about the poorer class of ... http://www.indianwriters.info/2008/06/20/mulk-raj-anand/ Muhammad Shibli Nomani was born in Bindawal Azamgarh on June 3, 1857 to Shaikh Habibullah and Moqeema Khatoon. Although Shah Waliullah influenced him in his thoughts, Shibli Nomani was not in line of the order of the Delhi ulema-sufis of the Naqshbandi. However, he was concerned with reforming the ulema ... http://www.indianwriters.info/2008/06/01/shibli-nomani/ Jhumpa Lahiri, whose parents are both immigrants from India, was born Nilanjana Sudeshna on July 11, 1967 in London, England. Her family migrated to the United States of American when she was only three-years-old. Jhumpa Lahiri grew up in Kingston, Rhode Island. Her story, “The Third and Final Continent” is ... http://www.indianwriters.info/2008/05/28/jhumpa-lahiri/ Anita Desai came into this world on Thursday, June 24, 1937 as Anita Mazumdar. Her mother, Toni Nime was German and her father, D. N. Mazumdar was a Bengali executive from Mussoorie, India. Growing up Anita Desai spoke German when she was at home; when she was away, she spoke ... http://www.indianwriters.info/2008/05/14/anita-desai/