10 Best Books Written by Indian Women That Everyone Should Read

All retired judge Jemubhai Patel wants is to quietly retire in the foothills of the Himalayas unbothered. He scoffs at his Indian father and former wife, both whom he abandoned after torturing the latter. Unaccepted by the British despite a relentless attempt to educate himself and adopt their mannerisms, Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss explores the themes of colonialism and effects of post-colonialism through stories told by Patel's granddaughter with whom he lives, and his cooks son who lives as an undocumented immigrant in New York.