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Gandhi\n\n.Themes:Truth,non-violence,nationalism,moral and spiritual growth.  \n.Key Work:The Story of My Experiments with Truth  \n## 2.Bankim Chandra Chatterjee\n\n.Themes:Nationalism,religion,historical fiction.  \n.Key Works:Anandamath (introduced \"Vande Mataram\"),Durgeshnandini,Kapalkundala  \n## 3.Mulk Raj Anand\n\n.Themes:Caste oppression,poverty,human dignity.  \n.Key Works:Untouchable,Coolie,Two Leaves and a Bud,The Village Trilogy  \n## 4.R.K.Narayan\n\n.Themes:Middle-class Indian life,humor,simplicity,human relationships.  \n.Key Works:Swami and Friends,The Guide,The Bachelor ofArts,The EnglishTeacher  \n## 5.Raja Rao\n\n.Themes:Indian philosophy,spiritual quest,East vs West.  \n.Key Works:Kanthapura,The Serpent and the Rope,The Cat andShakespeare  \n## 6.Kamala Markandaya\n\n.Themes:Rural life,tradition vs modernity,East-West conflict.  \n.Key Works:Nectar in a Sieve,A Handful of Rice,The Coffer Dams  \n## 7.Manohar Malgonkar\n\n.Themes:Historical fiction,partition,war,patriotism.  \n.Key Works:A Bend in the Ganges,The Princes,Distant Drum  \n## 8.Khushwant Singh\n\n.Themes:Partition,secularism,sexuality,satire.  \n.Key Works:Train to Pakistan,Delhi:A Novel,The Company ofWomen,I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale  \n## 9.Bharati Mukherjee\n\n.Themes:Immigration,identity,diaspora,gender.  \n.Key Works:Jasmine,Wife,The Tiger's Daughter,DesirableDaughters,The Middleman and Other Stories  \n## 10.Nirad C.Chaudhuri\n\n.Themes:Colonialism,autobiography,East-West dialogue.  \n.Key Works:The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian,The Continent of Circe  \n## 11.Ruskin Bond\n\n.Themes:Simplicity,nature,childhood,small-town life.  \n.Key Works:The Room on the Roof,The Blue Umbrella,Our Trees Still Grow inDehra,A Flight of Pigeons  \n## 12.Shashi Deshpande\n\n.Themes:Feminism,familial conflicts,women's inner lives.  \n.Key Works:The Dark Holds No Terrors,That Long Silence,Small Remedies  \n## 13.G.V.Desani\n\n.Themes:Identity,satire,post-colonialism.  \n.Key Work:All About H.Hatterr  \n## 14.U.R.Ananthamurthy\n\n.Themes:Tradition vs modernity,caste,regionalism.  \n.Key Works:Samskara,Bharathipura,Avasthe  \n## 15.Anita Desai\n\n.Themes:Psychological depth,women's alienation,family tension.  \n.Key Works:Cry,the Peacock,Clear Light of Day,In Custody,Fire on theMountain  \n16.Kiran Desai  \n.Themes:Immigration,colonial legacy,identity.  \n.Key Works:The Inheritance of Loss,Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard  \n17.Arun Joshi  \n.Themes:Existentialism,urban alienation,moral conflict.  \n.Key Works:The Strange Case of Billy Biswas,The Foreigner,TheApprentice,The Last Labyrinth  \n## 18.Arundhati Roy\n\n.Themes:Politics,caste,love,environmentalism.  \n.Key Works:The God of Small Things,The Ministry of Utmost Happiness  \n## 19.Nayantara Sahgal\n\n.Themes:Politics,women's emancipation,post-independence India.  \n.Key Works:Rich Like Us,Storm in Chandigarh,This Time of Morning  \n## 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Mahatma Gandhi\n## 2. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee\n## 3. Mulk Raj Anand\n## 4. R.K. Narayan\n## 5. Raja Rao\n## 6. Kamala Markandaya\n## 7. Manohar Malgonkar\n## 8. Khushwant Singh\n## 9. Bharati Mukherjee\n## 10. Nirad C. Chaudhuri\n## 11. Ruskin Bond\n## 12. Shashi Deshpande\n## 13. G.V. Desani\n## 14. U.R. Ananthamurthy\n## 15. Anita Desai\n## 16. Kiran Desai\n## 17. Arun Joshi\n## 18. Arundhati Roy\n## 19. Nayantara Sahgal\n## 20. Jhumpa Lahiri\n## 21. Amitav Ghosh\n## 22. Aravind Adiga\n## 23. 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