New Statesman - <![CDATA[Akash Kapur]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/akash_kapur en <![CDATA[Why are so many Indian books about pickles? A tedious brand of Stalinist realism stalks subcontinental writing today. Akash Kapur on why Indian literature remains a genre in search of its own definition]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200108130035 http://www.newstatesman.com/200108130035 Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:00:00 GMT Akash Kapur The Picador Book of Modern Indian Literature Edited by Amit Chaudhuri Picador, 653pp, £16.99 ISBN 0330343637

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