Indianness in Post-Independence Literature: An Overview

Abstract

Despite the British government's motivations for introducing modern education to India, this move completely transformed India's social structure. Indian literature, which was written in English by Indians, had to be considered Indian literature. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar compared the English language to the Suez Canal, which connected India and England intellectually. Most importantly, it is created by Indians in the Indian climate. As a result, the literature they created must be considered national literature. When Indian writers attempted to express their emotions in English, a literary phenomenon known as Indian English literature arose. The artistic sensibility and mode of expression are the most important aspects in such writings. These writers, according to M.K. Naik, conveyed the Indian sensibility and ethos in their writing with utmost sincerity. The present paper reviews the Post-independence literature and observes the Indianness reflected in those works.