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These 5 Indian Authors Changed the Way Indians Read Books

Last updated on: August 27, 2015 17:41 IST

#1 Chetan Bhagat & Hindi Movies - The match made in Bollywood heaven

Making India Awesome by Chetan Bhagat

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It is still not obvious whether our Hindi films are based on his writings or his writings are heavily inspired from hindi movie plots, twists and turns. However, this writer is definitely responsible for getting most of the non-readers in India to finally start reading books. The credit goes to his simple writing which makes it easy for most of the people to understand the story and digest it at the first attempt easily.

He is one of the most popular Indian authors whose books have been converted to block buster movies by Bollywood directors. After writing about love, academics, career, Chetan Bhagat has penned yet another novel which is named ‘Making India Awesome’ in which he analyses and provides inspired solutions to the country's most uncontrollable problems - poverty, unemployment, corruption, violence against women, communal violence, religious fundamentalism, illiteracy and more.

#2 Amish Tripathi - Mythology with a contemporary touch

Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish Tripathi

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This man, an IIM grad, gave up a career in finance to become a writer. A common thread in all his writings is mythology. He has a deep interest towards religion, philosophy and mythological facts. Just like Chetan Bhagat, his style of writing style is simple and derives a little flavour from movies.

The intriguing fact about his latest book Scion of Ikshavu is that he has given a distinct touch to all the characters of Ramayana. Amish Tripathi tries to keep the basic traits of the characters intact while adding an interesting twist to the plot.

#3 Sudeep Nagarkar - Ace at writing love stories based on real life

You're Trending in My Dreams by Sudeep Nagarkar

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Sudeep Nagarkar's writes love stories based on real life incidents. His stories are so simple and real that anyone can connect with them. He received the 2013 Youth Achievers Award for writing one of the highest selling romantic novels in India.

Sudeep’s latest release ‘You’re Trending in My Dreams’ is a story of four college students who move in to a flat in Mumbai and how their friendship goes through stages of joy and sorrow. This tale is derived from a true story and affirms your belief towards love and friendship.

#4 Twinkle Khanna – Mrs. Khiladi of Satire

Mrs Funnybones by Twinkle Khanna

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Twinkle Khanna, aka Mrs Funnybones, crafts satirical stories and funny fables when she is not running a design business, selling candles or running in circles around her small but rather odd family. She is a popular columnist and is a regular contributor to The Times of India and DNA After Hrs. The superb response to her hilarious columns made her write this book. A lot before, Twinkle Khanna, daughter of Dimple and Rajesh Khanna tried her acting but escaped the Hindi film industry unharmed. Now, Twinkle Khanna is all set to tickle your funny bones with her first book ‘Mrs Funnybones’.

This book captures the life of the modern Indian woman- a woman who organizes dinner each evening, even as she goes to work all day, who runs her own life but has to listen to her Mummyji, who worries about her weight and the state of the country.

#5 Ravinder Singh – Stories that will change your life forever

Tell Me a Story by Ravinder Singh

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This man mostly writes love stories and the reason is not because he believes in love; there’s a lot more to it. He lost his girlfriend just 5 days prior to his engagement. This is when he started writing his first book ‘I Too Had a Love Story’ which was about his courtship with his then girlfriend ‘Khushi’. He penned down his own story with honest feelings which made him a romance author.

Ravinder Singh’s latest release is Tell Me a Story - a collection of heartwarming stories about events and incidents that have affected or changed the lives of the writers in ways that they cannot forget. Happy or sad, inspiring or shocking, these are stories of moments that have left an indelible mark on their lives; stories that they would love to share.

 

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