1 we are still writing feverishlyanybody with a story to tell is trying to tell it its extraordinary how many people are writing indian writing in english has seen a great upsurge says author anurag mathur while india is the thirdlargest english book producing country after the us and britain publishing houses here are competing to discover the next whizkid i think its very encouraging that so many writers are getting published in india says ruskin bond agrees tarun tejpal the market in india is maturing in terms of both readers and writers the atmosphere and inspiration is there for indian writers that explains the great churn we are witnessing doweshowbellyad0 2 but does quantity spell quality simply put is indian writing in english becoming increasingly lackadaisical is salman rushdie the last emperor in this field hari kunzru was expected to make it to the booker shortlist but he missed out will another indian emulate arundhati roy and win the booker in the near future we havent seen any original writing in recent times says ravi shankar etteth there really hasnt been anyone after rushdie seth and roy kunzru is good but theres more to come from him adds mathur across countries a great volume of writing is mediocre only some of it is exceptional the percentage difference would probably be 98 to 2 so is waiting for the next literary genius from india as futile as waiting for godot sudhir kakar is hopeful one or two gems are bound to come out from among current writers3 at least were experimenting with englishsalman rushdie once stated that the best writing in india since independence was done in the language of the departed imperialists the dust has settled on the storm raised by rushdie and indian writing in english once a suspicious activity is now respectable unlike early writers like rk narayan whose prose was unadulterated and pure writers are now experimenting with the language and have evolved their style of chutney english in a country like india its impossible for a writer to escape cultural manifestations weve evolved not one but many forms of english says bond tejpal feels this is a trend that bodes well for both writers and the english language indian writers belong to different backgrounds and bring multicultural flavours to the language constant fertilisation