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The Great Indian Novel is a satirical novel by Shashi Tharoor, first published by Viking Press in 1989.It is a fictional work that takes the story of the Mahabharata, the Indian epic, and recasts and resets it in the context of the Indian independence movement and the first three decades post-independence.
Shashi Tharoor (Malayalam pronunciation: [ʃɐʃi t̪ɐɾuːr]; born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, writer, ... for The Great Indian Novel [113] 1998 ...
Pages in category "Novels by Shashi Tharoor" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... The Great Indian Novel; S. Show Business (novel)
In Shashi Tharoor's satirical novel The Great Indian Novel, the story of Shumbha and Nishumbha is used both as a warning against the dangers of seduction, and as a metaphor for the collapse of the relationship among the five Pandavas. [6] There is also a Kannada Movie by the name of Shumba Nishumba and tell the story of Asuras and Parvati.
Novels by Shashi Tharoor (2 P) Pages in category "Books by Shashi Tharoor" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect ...
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Deepti Kapoor's "Age of Vice" comes bearing "Godfather" comparisons and an FX series deal. But in favoring glitz, the novel loses sight of India's poor.
Shashi Tharoor, in his The Great Indian Novel (1989), follows a story-telling (though in a satirical) mode as in the Mahabharata drawing his ideas by going back and forth in time. His work as UN official living outside India has given him a vantage point that helps construct an objective Indianness.