Indian Writing in English, or IWE Online is a one-stop site for those who read, study, teach and research one of the largest literary canons of the postcolonial world. Inside you will find critical biographies, survey / thematic essays, commentaries, teaching resources (including syllabi), and selections from the literature.

You could opt to explore the site by visiting author-pages, explore a specific genre, or read up on themes and topics in IWE, all written by scholars who have researched and/or taught Indian Writing in English, and very often contributed to the literature itself.

IWE Online Celebrates 100,000 Views! We Thank All Our Contributors and Viewers!

IWE Online mourns the passing of poet Keki N. Daruwalla (1937-2024). He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in1984 for his poetry collection titled The Keeper of the Dead. His other collections of poetry include Under Orion, Landscapes, and The Map–Maker. Daruwalla was also an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a novelist. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2014.

Poems by Keki N. Daruwalla on IWE Online:

MigrationsThe Ghana Scholar Reflects on his Thesis
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IWE Online is a wonderful initiative that serves as a gateway to
the world of Indian writing in English. I am certain students and
scholars alike will benefit from the resources on the website and am
glad to have been a part of it.

Nandini NayarChildren's Writer
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IWE Online has been a brilliant academic achievement. Very
honoured to have been part of it in some form. Many congratulations to
Pramod and Anna!

Dr. Avishek ParuiIIT Madras
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IWE Online, the world's first OER for the field, has grown
extremely well in this last one year, with literary texts, interviews,
poetry readings, biographies and surveys. As a resource I believe this
is invaluable and I look forward to IWE Online flourishing even more
in the coming years.

Professor Ghanashyam KrishnaDirector-IoE, University of Hyderabad
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Indian Writing in English Online is unique: it combines rigorous,
contemporary scholarship with the creativity, flexibility, and reach
that digital platforms enable. IWE Online is an invaluable resource
for students and scholars invested in explorations of an Indian and
global literary phenomenon.

Professor Subarno ChattarjiDelhi University
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It has been a little over a year knowing and working with the IWE
team. My knowledge of English Literature might be less, however the
whole idea behind IWE Online has always been intriguing to me. I'm
glad I've been able to contribute to the cause with my skills.

Rik BhattacharjeeIllustrator
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The IWE Symposium has quite easily introduced me to varied
approaches with regards to Indian writing in English. In fact,
Professor Parui's take on the signifance of 'Forgetting' and
'Spectrality' in Memory Studies in the context of Partition was
something I found particularly interesting, as well Professor Dutta's
introduction to North East Indian literature- something to which I hadn't
spared much interest previously

Sanjana DasEFLU, Participant - Reading IWE Workshop
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I realised that the purview of Indian texts is global. Each speaker
brought out new nuances of looking at the texts, which themselves were new to me.

Sucheta ChaurasiaTISS - Mumbai, Participant - Reading IWE
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I loved the brief biographies on the website, which spoke galore
about the authors yet did not glorify them. Additionally, the
recordings of the poems were a beautiful approach, I believe. They
added an aesthetic charm and a personalised touch to the website

Sharbari GhoshBHU, Participant - Reading IWE Workshop