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Contribution of Aravind Adiga

 Being a person with flawless language and great writing skill, it is no wonder that Aravind Adiga bagged Britain's most prestigious literary award - The Man Booker Award  for his book ' The White Tiger '. From a proven student to a journalist and then to a famous writer, success always accompanied him. He always kept his eyes and his ears opened to the world around and derived inspiration from the facts he come across in daily life.  His award winning book "The White Tiger" was a critical view on " an India of light and an India of darkness ". His latest novel "Last Man in Tower" describes the life and soul of one of India's biggest cities, Mumbai, where he discovers that the city and its people are obsessed with real estate. He derives this fact from the common man who often talks about elusive 'square feet' while journeying on suburban trains. The book gives the different picture of the city which is always described as the "

Contribution of Mohan Rakesh

 Mohan Rakesh one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani literary movement of the Hindi literature in the 1950s has made significant contribution to novel, short stories, travelogue, criticism, memories and drama. He was a talented playwright and novelist. He was also the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968. As we go through his early works we find a gradual development in his later works. Gradually he comes closer to the fate and aspirations of mankind. He was a master storyteller and had an excellent control over the language Hindi. He mostly wrote about the urban middle class people about their hopes and aspirations.  Mohan Rakesh entered the profession of teaching to earn his livelihood. For few years he was the editor of 'Sarika'. Few of his major works are  Andhere Bandh Kamre, Antroal, Na Hone Wala Kal in the genre of novels, while few of his collection stories include Quarter tatha Anya Kahaniyaan, Pehchan thatha Anya Kahaniyaan, Waris tatha Anya Kahaniyaan; pla

Contribution of Kiran Desai

 Kiran Desai is one of the most insightful Indian novelist who got recognition worldwide with her two superb novels ' Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard ' and 'The Inheritance of Loss'. She was daughter of famous writer Anita Desai. Her mother creates good cultural atmosphere at home which gave enormous contributions to make her a prolific writer. Kiran Desai first came to the limelight after publication of her wonderful novel 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'. She took almost four years to complete this novel. Her first novel marked the beginning of her successful career and she obtained good compliment from well known writer like Salman Rushdie. For her first novel she fetched the prestigious award ' Betty Trask Award '. She got this award because it was the best new novels among the writers under the age of 35. Kiran Desai got tremendous success in the very beginning of her literary career. It caused a motivating factor for her to write more novels. In 2