After The Pioneer Works By Scholars Such As Naik, Narasimhaiah And Mukherjee,
And The Thirty Years Of Silence Which Followed Their Ground-Breaking
Achievements, The Companion Appears On The Scene Striving To Reinvigorate The
Tradition Of Panoramic Studies Of Indian Literature In English. In The
Intervening Period, Indian Fiction In English Has Become Of Paramount Importance
In The Wide Context Of Postcolonial Studies: An Emergent Crop Of Novelists
Belonging To The So-Called New Generation Has Colourfully Paved The Way Towards
New Artistic Horizons, Re-Interpreting Western-Derived Literary Models With
Inventive Approaches. Complementary To Their Role There Is The Articulate
Presence Of A Host Of Indian Scholars Who In Recent Years