This book offers a new complex understanding of Indian writing in English by focusing its analysis on both Indo-Pakistani Partition fiction & novels written by women The author gives a comprehensive outline of Partition novels in India Pakistan & Bangladesh written in English as well as an overview of the challenges of studying Partition literature particularly English translations of Partition novels in regional languages Featured works include Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children Bapsi Sidhwa's Ice-Candy-Man Amitav Ghosh's Shadow Lines Meena Arora Nayak's About Daddy & Sujata Sabnis's A Twist in Destiny The book then moves on to a study of novels by women writers such as Githa Hariharan Kiran Desai Anita Desai & Arundhati Roy exploring their perspectives on sexuality the body & the diaspora