Word: kanthapura
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...DIED. Raja Rao, 97, Indian novelist and professor of philosophy whose intellectual works explored the clashes between East and West; in Austin, Texas. One of the first Indian authors to write in English, Rao's most famous work, 1938's Kanthapura, told the story of India's turbulent independence movement from the perspective of an elderly village woman. British novelist E.M. Forster called it the best book in English by an Indian writer...
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