Tapan Kumar Pradhan
b. 1972writer
writer, teacher, gay-rights activist
R. Raj Rao
b. 1955, born Mumbai, writes in English, writer, poet
Ramachandrapurapu Raj Rao is an Indian writer, poet and teacher of literature who has been described as “one of India’s leading gay-rights activists”. His 2003 novel The Boyfriend is one of the first gay novels to come from India. Rao was one of the first recipients of the newly established Quebec-India awards.
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Books on record
On Open Library
Boyfriend,The2008
Lady Lolita's Lover2016
Whistling in the dark2009
Nissim Ezekiel2000
One day I locked my flat in soul-city1995Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.
Elsewhere
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Also writing in English
Kishori Charan Das
1924–2004Odia writer
Sitakant Mahapatra
b. 1937writer from Odisha
R. K. Narayan
1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Amitav Ghosh
b. 1956writer