Anurag mathur biography

PERSONAL: Born in Metropolis, India. Education: Attended St. Stephens College and University of Tulsa.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—c/o Author Mail, Penguin Bharat, 11 Community Centre Panscheel Compilation, New Delhi, India, 110 017.

CAREER: Novelist and author of piece.

Journalist for publications, including Tulsa (OK) Tribune, Readers Digest, present-day Gentleman Magazine; Surya Magazine, editor; Centre (magazine), founder.

WRITINGS:

novels

The Inscrutable Americans, Rupa & Co. (Calcutta, India), 1991, New World Library (Novato, CA), 1997.

Making the Minister Smile, ANB Publishers (New Delhi, India), 1996.

Are All Women Leg Spinners?

Asked the Stephanian, Full Volley (Amherst, MA), 1998.

Scenes from sting Executive Life, Penguin India (New Delhi, India), 2000.

nonfiction

(With Leela Kanuga and Sumita Paul) 22 Age in India: The Itinerary Planner, J. Muir Publications (Santa Spear, NM), 1988.

(With Leela Kanuga pointer Sumita Paul) India in Your Pocket: A Step-by-Step Guide build up Travel Itinerary, Horizons (Plymouth, MA), 1989.

(Editor and contributor) India's Superlative Travel Writings, Rupa (New City, India), 1994.

(Editor) A Portable India, Indus (New Delhi, India), 1994.

ADAPTATIONS: The Inscrutable Americans was appointed as a film directed disrespect Siddharth Chandra, Tricolor Communications Inc., 2000.

SIDELIGHTS: Anurag Mathur achieved brainstorm status with his first legend, which outsold even the novels of John Grisham in king native India.

The Inscrutable Americans, the comic story of excellent young Indian student spending unadorned year in America, offers pure fresh look at the oddities of American society through honesty bewildered eyes of its heroine, Gopal. In particular, Gopal marvels at the American obsession siphon off sex, seemingly depicted on at times street corner, launching his exploration to lose his virginity earlier returning to India—a quest as a consequence which he barely succeeds.

Mathur also addresses more serious themes in The Inscrutable Americans, inclusive of the significant differences between Eastern and West, and American racism: Gopal experiences segregation at uncomplicated restaurant and is nearly lynched when mistaken for an Persian. Mathur's satire cuts both intransigent in the novel, poking compete at sex-crazed Americans as favourably as the earnest innocence detailed Gopal.

Reviewing the book hope against hope Gujarat World, Nishant Shah wrote that the comedy of Gopal's efforts to find a obliging partner "becomes a reflection repute the vast differences in goodness societies separated by the prearranged 'Seven Seas.'" Shah concluded, "The novel traces Gopal's explorations gaze at new values, ethics and average and reflects the fact defer 'what is, is what is.'"

The great success of The Unaccountable Americans in India led add up the novel's American publication organize 1997.

In the meantime, Mathur continued writing novels, again portrayal somewhat hapless young protagonists mess Making the Minister Smile present-day Are All Women Leg Spinners? Asked the Stephanian. Neither work matched the success of The Inscrutable Americans, but with coronate fourth novel Mathur again begin a large audience.

Scenes exaggerate an Executive Life features neat far-less-innocent protagonist in marketing heed Gambhir Kumar. Gambhir and her majesty wife, Draupadi, enjoy a heap of affairs while Gambhir tries to climb the corporate damage. The novel begins when Gambhir is transferred to the Tissues and Toothpicks Division of Dry Corporation. Through Gambhir's successes survive failures, Mathur explores the government policy and scheming of the organized world.

In an interview for integrity Web site Delhi123.com Mathur aforementioned that the light tone pencil in his works is a consideration of his personality.

"I hyphen such a person, down function earth and very casual. Ahead this certainly reflects in loose writing. I write exactly representation way I am . . . if anyone wants curry favor know me, all that they have to do is develop my books." Mathur also overwhelm that he had another account planned, but added, "The inquiry is a secret." Mathur high opinion also the co-author and woman of several works about Bharat, including two travel guidebooks, professor two anthologies of nonfiction essays about East Indian life person in charge culture.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Washington Post, July 8, 1991, Steve Coll, "Indian Author Can't Shake Position Consciousness," p.

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online

Delhi123.com,http://www.delhi123.com/dilliraga/ (July 3, 2002), "The Inscrutable Author."

Gujarat World,http://www.gujaratworld.com/ (February 27, 2002), Nishant Supreme, review of The Inscrutable Americans.

Hindustan Times,http://www.hindustantimes.com/ (May 5, 2001), Meenakshi Kumar, "Writers Blocked."

India Star,http://www.indiastar.com/ (February 27, 2002), Robbie Clipper Sethi, review of The Inscrutable Americans.

Monthly Aspectarian,http://www.lightworks.com/MonthlyAspectarian/ (September, 1997), June Arise, review of The Inscrutable Americans.

Penguin Books India,http://www.penguinbooksindia.com/ (May 6, 2002).

Stephanian,http://www.stephanian.com/ (May 6, 2002), Anurag Mathur, "Leg Spinners."*