OUR INDIA HAS GREAT WRITERS LIKE KHUSHWANTH SINGH, ANITA DESAI, R.K.NARAYAN, AMBADAS SHINDE AND THEIR STYLE OF WRITINGS ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WHEN COMPARED TO FOREIGN WRITERS. INDIAN WRITERS HAVE ALWAYS GOT AN UPPER HAND IN WRITING STYLE BECAUSE THEY WRITE WITH SOUL AND HEART WHEREAS FOREIGNERS WRITE WITH STYLISH FOUNTAIN PEN. ITS BETTER TO PLAY DOWN FOREIGN WRITERS. THANKS FOR REFERRAL DARSHANA...
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Sairam. M, System Administrator
| 05 24 2011 06:24:39 +0000
I agree with Darshana's views. Creativity is not country bound. Popularity/market presence is some thing different and these should not be mistaken as measuring sticks for CREATIVITY.
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Dr.G.S.Rama Rao, Freelancer
| 03 19 2011 23:40:21 +0000
J.K Rowling is not the best in the west, but she is a hit. Thanks to the publishers and the promoters. Her book was a hit even before the launch. The marketing tactics were excellent. But we cannot say that Harry Potter is the best novel ever. May be we lack writers like Rowling, but have hundred times better writers.
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Kenny Pradeep, Managing Director, GT
| 03 18 2011 17:02:06 +0000
India definitely has good writers. No one can forget the auspicious works of Mr Rabindranath Tagore to Nanden Nilekani, we have many good writers, its all about individual to individual perception.
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Jasmin Pawar, HR Manager, HR GLOBE CONSULTING
| 03 18 2011 10:05:10 +0000
Thanks Darshana for invite First of all, not only Indians but the rest of the world too is America-fascinated.Like Rich people, Rich Nations are also fascinating. We already have so many characters in our good old, say ancient Fairy tales who do the fiction and magic and many imaginative things that please kids but but these stories were never marketed/published/commercialized like Superman, HeMan, Spiderman. Also, Books of these stories are sold in the local market just for few rupees, while Harry Potters Books are much costlier and sold in Dollars.So its human nature to praise the costlier things.
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Dhawal , IT Consultant, Electro Industries
| 03 15 2011 13:19:40 +0000
i think there r but do one care for that is the question arises here, perhaps we r sick of so called development of foreign countries,perhaps it is more of viwer or readers responsibilty to promote good work
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mallikarjuna , networking, 3i
| 03 15 2011 11:36:05 +0000
India and its mythology are proof of the creative talent in our country and blood for generations. The tales of Harry Potter, and situations have been told by our grandparents in some form in a small story within a Mahabaratha or Ramayana, the 2 great epics. The fact that we need to focus on is that none of us take interest in our mythology, but when we see or hear it from a western source, we like it very much. Our authors may need to add a contemporary touch to our creativity and ma sure no one can match the imaginative skills that we Indians possess.
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Gopinath S, Founder Director & Freelance Business Consultant, Cordate Technologies Pte Ltd
| 03 15 2011 11:34:04 +0000
hi. Dont say like that. Becaus eINdia is also Having lot of Writers with lot of Knowledge & skills. But people are less in making that as a Show.I am Belongs to AP. Now in AP people are started making shows for the Novels. OK
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Durgarao.T , Project Engineer, A N Prakash Construction PMC
| 03 15 2011 10:16:19 +0000
Darshana I agree with you. Who said there is no J K Rowling in India. There are a lot of them and all of them are quality writers. India is full of creative writers.
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Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant
| 03 15 2011 05:01:32 +0000
It seems that the questionar does not have the idea of literature of India. There are so many writers poets since ages in India in each and every language of India. One should understand the literary heritage of the country one's born in before hankering after every thing west.
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kanukurthy sudershanrao, Operations Manager, Andhra Bank
| 03 15 2011 03:10:29 +0000
Why we are comparing our writers with Ms. J.K.Rowling? She become famous only because of Harry Potter Series of movies that's all! It is pity to call that literature. Friends please don't criticize our writers, as to know them the brain is minimum requirement.
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SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Project Manager, Phadnis Infrastructur Ltd
| 03 14 2011 14:26:53 +0000
Hello Darshana,i think it may be not correct to compare Indian writers to JKR.absolutely no doubt that we have so many wonderful writers.normally any literary work will have cultural and geographical influence in writing which is appropriate to the area where writer lives.we too have so many similar concepts that JKR has got in our own writings.may be JKR is very popular as her works are in english language which has got broader base rather than Indian languages.
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jairaj shyam prasad, Production Manager, BOSCH Ltd
| 03 14 2011 13:51:20 +0000
India has many, many good writers..................Do u think Rowling is the best in English......Phewwwwwwwwwwww.......
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Kenny Pradeep, Managing Director, GT
| 03 14 2011 13:22:27 +0000
We don't have and will not have someone like Rowling as creativity,thinking independently is not our cup of tea.Right from the school the whole focus is given on cramming,mugging skills the one who leads the pack will outshine others.Looking at our education system what we studied in school newton laws in one class faradays in other produced it in exam as it was written in the book got away with it our job was finished then and there.The focus should be more on pratical learning rather than the theoritical approach. Coming to the book writers most of indian books are either a copy of foreign writer or it is been inspired by them for example one book named "Almost single" when you read it you get a taste of the "Sex and the city" except that the story is based in Delhi instead of Newyork,the subject of the rest books is either on indian politics or it would be a motivational book like who moved my cheese,Alchemist etc.
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Rahul Kumar Rai, I.T Consultant, Bennett, Coleman & Co. (The Times Of India Group)
| 03 14 2011 12:48:16 +0000
We have enough like Aesop Fables, Sindbad, Akbar's Birbal, Thenali Raman, etc.These contributions need to be made available in a modern format such as moving Cartoons, Graphic art style etc. These are treasure valued for developing young minds.
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KALIYAMOORTHY , Oil & Gas Area Coordinator, Undisclosed
| 03 14 2011 12:32:11 +0000
India's Epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata, with translations in almost all the Indian languages, including malay, sinhala, and other foreign languages are great hits of the past, present and future! Pancha Tantra was another hit! In a multi-cultural, multi-lingual country like ours, there are a number of literatures available of this magnitude in many languages. Since we do not understand a specific language where the works are not translated to a common language we all can understand, we perceive that the literatures are not available.
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S. Muralidharan, Executive Director, Knowledge Foundation & Campus Around the Corner
| 03 14 2011 11:33:28 +0000
India do have good writers but the problem is our environment is too uncanny or irrational for a writer to have the culture to scale up his or her writing. First of all there is the notion of 'order' which the reader can associate with which is missing. Then there is non symmetrical development everywhere, so something written in some geographicaly dislocated area cannot be identifiable to a reader. Most of the fantasies are unrealistic and moreover if something written on some reality a knowledgeble reader will find the truth that this story happens due to goof up of the design of the environment and not due to anything else like chance. If something written about social sciences one finds that the authors lack the thorough learning, skill or dexterity to keep the international audience enlightened or to feel he spend value time reading the book. Value addition is very poor. Though we have exceptions like Sobha De and Kushwant Singh who stand outside the mainstream pack of Indian writers who are not of value creating type.
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Mathew Cherian, Research Associate/Analyst, Western Michigan University
| 03 14 2011 11:24:45 +0000
Nothing comes close to Indian writing. The story telling and writing from Vedic era to ‘Panchatatnra’ will never repeat in this age. My best wishes for your creative effort. I have written a small book in the caption “House Plans for Common man” which is popular locally. In fact, most of us love in writing in college days and slowly forget in work pressure.
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Santosh Kumar Mohanty, Civil Engineer-Municipal, Sambalpur University
| 03 14 2011 11:07:05 +0000
India has rich history of great epics for all ages like pancha tantra that can capture kods minds more than the current authors but they are generally localised and does not have international acclaim they deserve. more over we ourselves look down on them
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Mahesh Sn Bharadwaj, Product Sales Manager, Xerox India
| 03 14 2011 10:53:38 +0000
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Today People wants to see more technical movies,so they are more interested in Hollywood movies rather than Bollywood.Bollywood movies are lacking the facts that hollywood has.I think the bollywood writers are lacking the imagination and brilliancy like J K Rowling has for Hollywood.We have less number of good writers in our B-town.
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Lalita Sahu, Web Developer, De Mellows
| 03 14 2011 02:07:59 +0000
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