This course is designed to give students a broad overview of the field of Indian Writing in English. By doing this course, the students will be able to appreciate the thematic diversity of the writers and literary styles in each of the genres represented in the selected texts.
This course is divided into genres – Poetry, Drama, Non-fiction Prose, Fiction and also Short fiction.
This course will try to show the validity of studying Indian writers and their work, which have become very popular through out the world.
This course is designed to provide students with a rich and multidimensional understanding of Indian culture through literature and political thought. It will help prepare them for acquiring skills required for critical analysis and interdisciplinary knowledge.
Course Objectives:
The objectives of the course include:
· Trace the historical evolution of Indian writing in English from colonial times to the contemporary period.
· Examine key literary movements, genres, and thematic concerns such as nationalism, diaspora, gender, and ecological consciousness.
· Engage with critical debates around language, genre, figures of speech, and stylistics.
· Analyze texts using close reading, critical genre and language based analysis, and contextual interpretation.
· Reflect on the intersections of literature, politics, and pedagogy in shaping Indian English literary identity.
| Course Status : | Upcoming |
| Course Type : | Core |
| Language for course content : | English |
| Duration : | 12 weeks |
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| Credit Points : | 4 |
| Level : | Undergraduate |
| Start Date : | 12 Jan 2026 |
| End Date : | 30 Apr 2026 |
| Enrollment Ends : | 28 Feb 2026 |
| Exam Date : | 21 Jun 2026 IST |
| Translation Languages : | English |
| NCrF Level : | 4.5 |
| Shift : | II |
Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.
| Weekly Plan
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| Date | S.No. | Weekly Lecture Topics | Assignment(No. & Type)* |
Week-I |
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| Poetry |
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| 12/01/2026 | 1. | To my Native Land - Henry Derozio
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| 20/01/2026 | 2. | Our Casuarinas Tree by Toru Dutt
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| 21/01/2026 | 3. | Exile (From Rough Passage) by R. Parthasarathy
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| 22/01/2026 | 4. | Indian Weavers by Sarojini Naidu |
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| 23/01/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-II |
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| 26/01/2026 | 5. | Round and Round by Vikram Seth
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| 27/01/2026 | 6. | On Killing a Tree Gieve Patel
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| 28/01/2026 | 7. | Freedom by Jayantha Mahapatra
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| 29/01/2026 | 8. | Female of the Species Gauri Deshpande
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| 30/01/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-III |
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| Poetry |
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| 02/02/2026 | 9. | Night of the Scorpion by Nissim Ezekiel
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| 03/02/2026 | 10. | Enterprise by Nissim Ezekiel
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| 04/02/2026 | 11. | Freedom to Slave by HLV Derozio
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| 05/02/2026 | 12. | The Orphan Girl by H L V Derozio |
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| 06/02/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-IV |
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| Drama and Non-Fiction |
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| 09/02/2026 | 13. | Final Solutions by Mahesh Dattani - Part 1
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| 10/02/2026 | 14. | Final Solutions by Mahesh Dattani - Part 2
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| 11/02/2026 | 15. | Voluntary Poverty by M.K Gandhi
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| 12/02/2026 | 16. | Animals in Prison By Jawaharlal Nehru
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| 13/02/2026 | 17. | The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian by Nirad. C. Chaudhari
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| 14/02/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-V |
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| Novel |
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| 16/02/2026 | 18. | Nationalism in India – Rabindranath Tagore-1
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| 17/02/2026 | 19. | Nationalism in India – Rabindranath Tagore-2
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| 18/02/2026 | 20. | The Home and the world by Rabindranath Tagore - Part 1
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| 19/02/2026 | 21. | The Home and the world by Rabindranath Tagore - Part 2
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| 20/02/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-VI |
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| Novel |
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| 23/02/2026 | 22. | Introduction to R.K Narayan (10 October 1906 – 13 may 2001)( Part-1)
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| 24/02/2026 | 23. | Swamy and friends (Part-2) R.K Narayan |
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| 25/02/2026 | 24. | Swamy and friends (Part-3) R.K Narayan |
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| 26/02/2026 | 25. | Swamy and friends (Part-4) R.K Narayan
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| 27/02/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-VII |
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| Novel |
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| 2/03/2026 | 26. | Introduction to In Custody (1984) by Anita Desai (Part-1)
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| 03/03/2026 | 27. | In Custody (1984) by Anita Desai (Part-2)
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| 04/03/2026 | 28. | In Custody (1984) by Anita Desai (Part-3)
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| 05/03/2026 | 29. | In Custody (1984) by Anita Desai (Part-4)
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| 06/03/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-VIII |
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| Novel |
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| 09/03/2026 | 30. | Introduction to Shashi Deshpande-( Part-1)
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| 10/03/2026 | 31. | Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-2)-Shashi Deshpande
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| 11/03/2026 | 32. | Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-3)-Shashi Deshpande |
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| 12/03/2026 | 33. | Chapter wise summary of The Dark holds no terrors (Part-4)-Shashi Deshpande
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| 13/03/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-IX |
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| Novel |
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| 16/03/2026 | 34. | Birth by Mulk Raj Anand
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| 17/03/2026 | 35. | Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand- Part-1
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| 18/03/2026 | 36. | Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand- Part-2
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| 19/03/2026 | 37. | A bend in the Ganges by Manohar Malgonkar
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| 20/03/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-X |
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| Novel |
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| 23/03/2026 | 38. | Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya –Part-1
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| 24/03/2026 | 39. | Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya –Part-2
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| 25/03/2026 | 40. | Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta – Part-1
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| 26/03/2026 | 41. | Inside the Haveli by Rama Mehta – Part-2
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| 27/03/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
Week-XI |
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| Short stories |
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| 30/03/2026 | 42. | The Free Radio by Salman Rushdie |
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| 31/03/2026 | 43. | Two Lady Rams by Mulk Raj Anand
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| 01/04/2026 | 44. | Swimming Lessons by Rohinton Mistry
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| 02/04/2026 | 45. | The Intrusion by Shashi Deshpande |
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| 03/04/2026 | MCQ’s | Objectives | |
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Dr. G. Suvarna Lakshmi is a Professor, Department of ELT, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. She is a doctorate in English Language Education from the English and Foreign Languages University, India. She is engaged in teaching on teacher education, teacher training and research programs. Her specializations include teacher education, critical thinking and methods & materials for language teaching. She presented papers at 78 national and international conferences conducted in India and abroad that include RELC, Singapore, IATEFL, UK, NELTA, Nepal etc. She is a subject expert member in over 30 HEIs BoS, interview boards for recruitments and promotions and designing syllabus for departments under public service commissions of AP and Telangana. She acted as a resource person in over 100 Faculty Development and training Programmes. She has 60 publications that include authoring and co-authoring books, course books, lab manuals and research papers in national and international journals. Her teaching experience over two and a half decades is wide and rich that includes teaching English at various levels and for varied purposes.
End-Term Examination:
A. Weightage: 70% of the final result
B. Minimum Passing Criteria: 40%
Internal Assessment:
A.Weightage: 30% of the final result
B. Minimum Passing Criteria: 40%
Calculation of IA Marks:
Out of all graded weekly assessments/assignments
Weekly Assignments - Each week of the course shall mandatorily include one MCQ- based assessment, which is auto-graded to minimize delays due to manual evaluation and to enhance scalability and transparency.
Assignment Availability - All assignments released during the enrollment period of a particular semester shall remain open for at least one week after the closure of enrollment to allow late enrollees to submit their assignments.
All students who obtain 40% marks in the internal assessment and 40% marks in the end-term proctored exam separately will be eligible for the SWAYAM Credit Certificate.
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