Kamala mark andaya biography of donald

BORN: 1924, India

DIED: 2004, London

NATIONALITY: Indian

GENRE: Fiction

MAJOR WORKS:
Nectar in a Sieve (1954)
A Handful of Rice (1966)
Nowhere Man (1972)
Two Virgins (1973)

Overview

Kamala Markandaya is one of India's best-known novelists.

Born in Mysore, Markandaya studied history at the University of Madras.

Born in Mysore, Markandaya studied history at the University of Madras.

Pseudonym for Kamala Purnaiya Taylor.

Indian and British Influences Kamala Markandaya was born in Mysore, India, in to a privileged Brahmin family.

The name “Kamala Markandaya” is actually a pseudonym.

Kamala Markandaya was a renowned Indian author known for her novels depicting life in post-colonial India.

The fact that her body of work, especially the novel The Nowhere Man, foreshadowed the explosion of published works by South Asian writers over the last several decades makes her novels required reading for anyone interested in Indian culture.

Markandaya explores a number of issues in her novels, including urbanization, poverty, sexuality, gender, interracial relationships, India's struggle to maintain its identity in an increasingly Westernized world, and colonialism's impact.

Works in Biographical and Historical Context

Indian and British Influences Kamala Markandaya was born in Mysore, India, in 1924 to a privileged Brahmin family.

Born Kamala Purnaiyas, and often known as Kamala Purnaiya Taylo