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Indian writers discover mystery, detectives

August 10, 2009, 11:40 pm | CNN-IBN BOOKS

New Delhi: Indian writers have discovered a new genre of immense possibility. Moving away from the coming of age stories - bildungsroman by Amitav Ghosh, chutnification by Salman Rushdie, magical realism from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, and even home-grown chick lit - the latest Indian writing in English is all about detectives. Whether it's the sixtyish and silver-haired Lalli of the Page 3 Murders, the Indian version of Miss Marple, or the Sherlock Holmes-style old worldly Additional Sessions Judge Harish Shinde in A Nice Quiet Holiday, or Additional Commissioner of Police Nikhil Juneja assigned to investigate a suicide in a politically connected business family courtesy Reeti Gadekar's Man Asian Literary Prize nominee Families at Home, the latest books

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