![]() ![]() My favorite book of this the new crop has been A Good Indian Wife by Anne Cherian. I’ve loved these new novels and have been impressed with the offerings I’ve seen so far. The books are also about Indian people, not British, and the location is America with the occasional trip home. Recent years have seen a return of India to romantic fiction, but this time many of the books are contemporary. And perhaps evolving attitudes toward colonialism have made the British Raj look a little less romantic as well. India became a casualty of the Napoleonic Wars. When the Regency domination of historicals began, exotic books were dropped in favor of glittering ballrooms. I became an armchair traveler, visiting exotic temples, cool palaces filled with tinkling fountains and of course, devouring information on the Kama Sutra. The descriptions of the lush, hot land beguiled me as a reader. Others were sweeping historical sagas detailing the occupation of India like The Far Pavilions by M.M. A lot of the books had to do with English characters of the British Raj falling in love, such as Mary Putney’s excellent Veils of Silk. When I first began reading romance, India was a popular setting for books. ![]()
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