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Unit 3 · Indian Writing in English English · December 2024

Match List I with List II:

List I: AuthorList II: Novel
A. Kamala MarkandayaI. The Grip of Change
B. P. SivakamiII. The Hindoo Wife, or The Enchanted Fruit
C. Anita DesaiIII. Possession
D. Raj Lakshmi DebiIV. Cry, the Peacock

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Correct answer: A. A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II

Explanation

Markandaya's Possession (1963); Sivakami's Dalit-feminist The Grip of Change (Tamil 1989; tr. 2006); Desai's first novel Cry, the Peacock (1963); Raj Lakshmi Debi's The Hindoo Wife, or The Enchanted Fruit (1876), among the earliest Indian English novels by a woman.

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