Publishing boom in India has opened the floodgates for English writers from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh according to the article “Written by Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, but made in India” in Calcutta News Net. With rising middle class, India offers a large and growing market for authors from neighboring countries.

The article notes that these neighboring authors have inched their way up the Indian best-seller lists with powerful books that combine gripping narratives, snapshots of socio-political realities, history and commentaries. These talented group includes writers like Kamila Shamsie, Ali Sethi, Mohammed Hanif, Nadeem Aslam, Danial Moinuddin, Mohsin Hamid, Uzma Aslam Khan, Shahabano Bilgrami, Hanief Kureishi, Tariq Ali and Khaled Hosseini - most of who have either stayed abroad or have travelled extensively.

Conflicts, trauma, memories of partition, terrorism, clash of cultures, closed Islamic societies and alienation, are the overriding themes of the novels from the three nations. Writers in Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan don’t have a large market for their books in their home country are now feeling confident of expressing themselves in English - not in queen’s English but in the language that captures the atmosphere of their countries. These contemporary writers from Pakistan and Afghanistan trying to reject the conservatism imposed in their own countries.

These trends will infuse Indians with an understanding of what’s going on in neighboring nations. Most of the Indian are oblivious to the deep culture, art and history of its neighboring countries and the books by these authors can provide a window into these nations. This, no doubt will lead to normalization of relationship between the South Asian nations. Having stable and friendly neighbors is vital for rapid economic growth in India

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