| World Issues | Reading List | ||||
| 15/01/07 | |||||
| AUTHOR | TITLE | F/NF | THEME/ COUNTRY | ||
| Achebe, Chinua | Things Fall Apart | F | Culture- Africa | ||
| Achebe, Chinua | Arrow of God | F | Black White Relations- Africa | ||
| Achebe, Chinua | A Man of the People | F | Colonialism- Africa | ||
| Ahmed,Leila | A Border Passage | NF | Women's Issues- Egypt | 305.42092 AHM | |
| Ali, Monica | Brick Lane | F | Culture Clash -Bangladesh/ UK | ||
| Allende, I | Of Love and Shadows | F | Politics- South America | ||
| Allende, I | Eva Luna | F | Politics- South America | ||
| Alvarez, J | In the Time of Butterflies | F | Politics | ||
| Antoni, Robert | Blessed is the Fruit | F | Class- Caribbean | ||
| Atasü, Erendiz | The Other Side of the Mountain | F | Culture Politics -Turkey | ||
| Ba, Mariama | So Long a Letter | F | Women's Issues- West Africa | ||
| Badami, Anita Rau | Tamarind Mem | F | Culture India | ||
| Badami, Anita Rau | The Hero's Walk | F | Culture India | ||
| Barber, Benjamin | Jihad vs McWorld | NF | Globalization | ||
| Bates, H.E. | The Jacaranda Tree | F | Colonialism- India | ||
| Benaďssa, Slimane | The Last Night of A Damned Soul | F | Terrorism | ||
| Benitez, Sandra | Bitter Grounds | F | Politics-El Salvador | ||
| Blake, Phillipa | Heat of the Moment | F | Class - Africa | ||
| Briley, John | Cry Freedom | F | Black White Relations- Africa | ||
| Cadell, Elizabeth | Lion in the Way | F | Class- India | ||
| Campbell, Deborah | This Heated Place | NF | Politics- Middle East | 915.69404 CAM | |
| Chamoiseau, Patrick | Texaco | F | Slavery- Caribbean | ||
| Chaudhuri, Amit | A New World | F | Culture clash -India/USA | ||
| Chaudri, Amit | Freedom Song | F | Culture-India | ||
| Chomsky Noam | New Military Humanism | NF | Politics | ||
| Chong, Denise | The Girl in the Picture | NF | Politics | ||
| Clark, Austin | Pig Tails 'n Breadfruit | NF | Culture-Caribbean | ||
| Clark, Austin | The Prime Minister | F | Culture-Caribbean | ||
| Coetzee, J.M. | Disgrace | F | Black White Relations- Africa | ||
| Conde, Maryse | I, Tituba | F | Slavery -US/ Caribbean | ||
| Connell, Monica | Against a Peacock Sky | NF | Culture- Nepal | ||
| Dangaremba, Tsitsi | Nervous Condition | F | Women's Issues- Caribbean | ||
| Danticat, Edwidge | Dew Breakers | F | Culture -Haiti/USA | ||
| Danticat, Edwidge | Farming of Bones | F | Culture-Haiti/Dominican Rep. | ||
| Davidar, David | House of Blue Mangoes | F | Class- India | ||
| Desai, Anita | Esmond in India | F | Culture-India | ||
| Desai, Anita | Fire on the Mountain | F | Culture-India | ||
| Desai, Anita | Clear Light of Day | F | Culture-India/ Women's Issues | ||
| Desai, Kiran | The Inheritance of loss | F | Culture - India/Nepal | ||
| Desai, Kiran | Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard | F | Culture- India | ||
| DeSoto, Lewis | A Blade of Grass | F | Culture/Politics- South Africa | ||
| Dettwyler, Katherine A. | Dancing Skeletons-Life and Death in West Africa | NF | Culture/Anthropology- West Africa | 306.461 DET | |
| Diawara, Manthia | In Search of Africa | NF | Culture-Africa | ||
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Vines of Desire | F | Culture Clash-India/USA | ||
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | The Mistress of Spice | F | Culture- India | ||
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Arranged Marriage (short stories) | F | Culture- India | ||
| Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee | Sister of my Heart | F | Culture- India | ||
| El Saadawi, Nawal | Walking through Fire | NF | Culture- Egypt | 892.736 SAA | |
| Esposito, John | Islamic Threat | NF | Politics | ||
| Fanon, F. | The Wretched of the Earth | NF | Colonialism/Politics- Africa | ||
| Feilding, Helen | Cause Celeb | F | Media | ||
| Forester, E.M. | A Passage to India | F | Culture- India | ||
| Frank, Katherine | Indira: The Life of Indira Nehru Gandi | NF | Politics-India | ||
| Fugard, Athol | Blood Knot | Play | Black White Relations- Africa | ||
| Fuguet, Alberto | Bad Vibes | F | Politics-South America | ||
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | News of a Kidnapping | NF | Politics-Columbia | ||
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | Of Love and Other Demons | F | Colonialism/South America | ||
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | One Hundred Years of Solitude | F | Politics-Columbia | ||
| Garcia, Gabriel Marquez | Love in the Time of Cholera | F | Colonialism/South America | ||
| Ghosh, Amitar | Shadow Lines | F | Culture- India | ||
| Ghosh, Amitar | The Hungry Tide | F | Culture clash India/USA ,Environment | ||
| Gien, Pamela | The Syringa Tree | F | Culture/Politics- S. Africa | ||
| Gimbel, Wendy | Havana Dreams | NF | Culture- Cuba | ||
| Glucklich, Ariel | Climbing Chamundi Hill | F | India-Culture | ||
| Gokhale, Namita | The Book of Shadows | F | Culture- India | ||
| Gordimer, Nadine | Conservationist | F | Culture/Slavery/Africa | ||
| Gordimer, Nadine | My Son's Story | F | Black White Relations- Africa | ||
| Gordimer, Nadine | July's People | F | Politics- Africa | ||
| Green, Graham | The Comedians | F | Politics- Haiti | ||
| Green, Graham | Our Man in Havana | F | Politics- Cuba | ||
| Hamilton, Marsha | Staircase of a Thousand Steps | F | Culture- Jordan | ||
| Heng, Liu | Green River Daydreams | F | Culture- China | ||
| Jayapal, Pramila | Pilgrimage to India | NF | Culture/Women's Issues- India | ||
| Jhabvala, R. P. | Heat &Dust | F | Colonialism- India | ||
| Jhabvala, R. P. | A Stronger Climate | F | Culture/Colonialism- India | ||
| Kamdar, Mira | Motibas Tattoos (memoir) | NF | Culture/Family India/USA | ||
| Kashua, Sayed | Dancing Arabs | F | Culture/Politics-Middle East | ||
| Khilnani, Sunil | The Idea of India | NF | Politics-India | 954.04 KHI | |
| Kincaid, Jamaica | A Small Place | F | Politics/ Culture- Antigua | ||
| Kingsolver, B | Poissonwood Bible | F | Colonialism- Africa | ||
| Klein, Naomi | No Logo | NF | Media/Economics | ||
| Klein, Naomi | Fences and Windows | NF | Globalization | ||
| Lahiri, Jhumpa | Interpreter of Maladies | F | Immigration- India/USA | ||
| Lahiri, Jhumpa | The Namesake | F | |||
| Lamb, Christina | The Sewing Circle of Herat | NF | Women's Issues- Afghanistan | ||
| Latifa | My Forbidden Face- growing up under the Taliban | NF | Culture/Politics- Afghanistan | ||
| Lim, Catherine | Following the Wrong God Home | F | Culture-Singapore | ||
| Lim, Catherine | The Bond Maid | F | Culture-Singapore | ||
| Maharaj, Rabindranath | The Book of Ifs andd Buts (short stories) | F | Culture clash India/USA | ||
| Malladi, Amulya | The Mango Season | F | Culture Clash-India/USA | ||
| Malladi, Amulya | A Breath of Fresh Air | F | Culture- India | ||
| Malladi, Amulya | Song of the Cuckoo Bird | F | Culture - India | ||
| Mandela, Nelson | The Struggle of My Life | NF | Politics - South Africa | 320.56 MAN | |
| Marshall, Paule | The Chosen Place the Timeless People | F | Culture/Economic Aid- Caribbean | ||
| Matas, David | Bloody Words | NF | Politics | ||
| McQuaig, Linda | Shooting the Hippo | NF | Economics | ||
| McQuaig, Linda | All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and New Capitalism | NF | Globalization | ||
| Mda, Zakes | Heart of Redness | F | Colonialism- Africa | ||
| Mehta, Gita | Haj | F | Women's Issues- India | ||
| Mehta, V. | Ranjiv Gandhi & Rama's Kingdom | NF | Politics- India | ||
| Menchu, Gigoberta | I, Rigoberta Menchu, Indian Woman | NF | Culture- Guatemala | ||
| Mezelekia, Nega | Notes From the Hyena's Belly | NF | Culture - Ethiopia | 963.071092 MEZ | |
| Min, Anchee | Red Azalea | F | Politics/Culture- China | ||
| Mistry, Rohinton | Tales from the Firozsha Baag | F | Culture- India | ||
| Mistry, Rohinton | Such a Long Journey | F | Politics- India | ||
| Mistry, Rohinton | A Fine Balance | F | Politics/Culture- India | ||
| Moore, Michael | Down Size This | NF | Politics/Culture/Economics- USA | ||
| Mukerjee, B | Tiger's Daughter | F | Culture- India | ||
| Mukerjee, B | Toad in My Garden | F | Culture- India | ||
| Naipaul, V.S. | Guerillas | F | Black White Relations-Caribbean | ||
| Naipaul, V.S. | Flag on the Island | F | Colonialism- Caribbean | ||
| Naipaul, V.S. | A Bend in the River | F | Culture-Caribbean | ||
| Narayan, R.K. | Vendor of Sweets | F | Culture-India | ||
| Okri, Ben | Songs of Enchantment | F | Poverty- Africa | ||
| Okri, Ben | Famished Road | F | Poverty- Africa | ||
| Ondaatje, Michael | Anil's Ghost | F | Politics-Sri Lanka | ||
| Ondaatje, Michael | Running in The Family | NF | Culture- Sri Lanka | 828 OND | |
| Orwell. George | Burmese Days | F | Colonialism- Burma(Myanmar) | ||
| Ozeki, Ruth | My Year of Meats | F | Culture/Media- Japan | ||
| Parameswaran, Uma | Mangoes on the Maple Tree | F | Culture -India/Canada | ||
| Paskal, Anna | The Water Gods (World Bank Project) | NF | Culture-Nepal | ||
| Paton, Alan | Cry, Beloved Country | F | Black White Relations-Africa | ||
| Pazira, Nelofer | A Bed of Red Flowers- in search of my Afghanistan | NF | Culture/Politics- Afghanistan | 958.1045 PAZ | |
| Roberts, Karen | The Flower Boy | F | Culture- Sri Lanka | ||
| Ross, Oakland | The Dark Virgin: A Novel of Mexico | F | Colonialism- Mexico | ||
| Roy. A | God of Small Things | F | Culture- India | ||
| Rushdie, S | Midnight's Children | F | Colonialism/Culture- India | ||
| Sahgal, Nayantara | Mistaken Identity | F | Culture- India | ||
| Sahgal, Nayantara | Plans for Departure | F | Culture- India | ||
| Sahgal, Nayantara | The Day in Shadow | F | Culture- India | ||
| Sahgal, Nayantara | A Situation in New Delhi | F | Culture- India | ||
| Sainath, P | Everybody Loves a Good Drought | NF | Culture/Politics- India | 954.052 SAI | |
| Scott, Paul | Day of the Scorpion | F | Culture/Colonialism- India | ||
| Scott, Paul | Jewel in the Crown | F | Culture/Colonialism- India | ||
| Scott, Paul | Divisions of the Spoils | F | Culture/Colonialism- India | ||
| Scott, Paul | Towers of Silence | F | Culture/Colonialism- India | ||
| Selvadurai, Shyam | Cinnamon Gardens | F | Culture- Sri Lanka | ||
| Shamsie, Kamila | Salt and Saffron | F | Culture- Pakistan | ||
| Shamsie, Kamila | Kartography | F | Culture/Politics- Pakistan/India | ||
| Suri, Manil | Death of Vishnu | F | Culture- India | ||
| Tanuja Desai, Hidier | Born Confused | F | Culture clash India/USA | ||
| Thai, H | Behind the Red Mist | F | Politics- Viet Nam | ||
| Tharoor, Shashi | Riot | F | Culture- India | ||
| Tharoor, Shashi | India From Midnight to the Millennium | NF | Politics -India | 954.04 THA | |
| Theroux, Paul | Kowloon Tong | F | Colonialism- Hong Kong | ||
| Theroux, Paul | Mosquito Coast | F | Environment- South America | ||
| Thiong'o, Ngugi wa | River Between | F | Black White Relations-Africa | ||
| Thiong'o, Ngugi wa | Devil on the Cross | F | Colonialism- Africa | ||
| Umrigar, Thirty | Bombay Time | F | Culture -India | ||
| Ung, Loung | First They Killed My Father | NF | Politics- Cambodia | 959.6042 UNG | |
| Upadhyay, Samrat | Arresting God in Kathmandu (short stories) | F | Culture -Nepal | ||
| Upadhyay, Samrat | The Royal Ghosts: Stories | F | Culture- Nepal | ||
| Upadhyay, Samrat | The Guru of Love | F | Culture- Nepal | ||
| Vijayarghavan, Vineeta | Motherland | F | Culture -India | ||
| Wearing, Alison | Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey | NF | Women's Issues- Iran | ||
| Wong, Jan | Red China Blues | NF | Politics- China | ||
| Zoya | Zoya's Story- an Afghan woman's story | NF | Culture- Afghanistan | 958.1046 ZOY | |