Contribution of Anita Nair

          "Anita Nair is a fine writer with a great sense of character...and an eye for telling details. She can move from tender compassion to sensuality to raging hatred...A compelling teller of stories."
                                                                                                           -Hindu Literary Supplement

          The list of Indian Writers in English is incomplete without the mention of Anita Nair. Nair is one of the best selling authors in India of poetry and fiction. Her books have received huge accolades from readers and critics. With a unique writing style of her own she has managed to keep up with the type of fiction her readers expect from her.
          Anita Nair's novels and other writings have been immensely popular and widely accepted by her readers which marks her position as an established writer of the contemporary period. Anita Nair's first book is titled Satyr of the Subway, a collection of short stories. Her second book, Ladies Coupe turned out to be the first book to be published by Picador USA and has been translated in several languages around the globe.
          Some other popular novels of Nair's are "The Better Man", "Where the Rain is Born- Writings About Kerala", "Mistress", "Magical Indian Myths", "Lessons in Forgetting". As a playwright, she has written a play titled "Nine Faces of Being" whose story is adopted from the novel Mistress.
          Anita has written books for young readers also such as Adventures of Nonu, The Skating Squirrel and Living Next Door to Alice. Her collections of poetry include Malabar Mind. She has also written essays which are published as a collection as Good Night and God Bless.   

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