Written during the British India era

[Harshita]

I'd like to read books that were written during the british indian era. Preferably one that is written in the viewpoint of a common indian. I am fine with both fiction (contemporary) and non fiction.

[Kris]

Harshita, can they be fiction and non-fiction books written after 1858-1947 and about the "British Raj" period?

[...cats?]

Indigo by Christine Weston (includes Indian, French, and British viewpoints)

Swami and Friends by R.K. Narayan

The English Teacher by R.K. Narayan

The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore

A Passage to India by E.M. Forster (British perspective with prominent Indian characters)

Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand

Nirmala by Munshi Premchand

[Harshita]

Kris wrote: "Harshita, can they be fiction and non-fiction books written after 1858-1947 and about the "British Raj" period?"

Sure, as long as the fiction ones were written by someone who has experienced that period or has done really good research.

[Rainbowheart]

Some Inner Fury

[S.U.]

Selected Essays by Tagore

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India

[...cats?]

Six Acres and a Third by Fakir Mohan Senapati

Paraja by Gopinath Mohanty

Some books published after British occupation, written by people who lived through it:

Tamas by Bhisham Sahni

The First Promise by Ashapurna Debi

Those Days by Sunil Gangopadhyay

A Village Divided by Rahi Masoom Reza

This Is Not That Dawn by Yashpal

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

The Weary Generations by Abdullah Hussein. Exceedingly authentic.