New IGNOU BEGC-132 Help Book Selections from Indian Writing: Cultural Diversity in English – BAG English Latest Edition Guide and Study Material.

Block 1 – Plurality and Cultural Diversity
‘Propositions’ by Sujit Mukherjee
‘The Mad Lover’ by Sisir Kumar Das
Bhakti and Sufi Movements in Medieval India
Baul Gaan, Akka Mahadevi and Meerabai

Block 2 – Language Politics: Hindi, Urdu and English
Understanding the Nature of Language
‘Ghazal’ by Amir Khusrau and ‘Hindi’ by Raghuvir Sahay
M.K. Naik and the Issue of Language
‘Mother Tongue’ by Padma Sachdev and ‘Passage to America’ by K. Ayyappa Paniker

Block 3 – Marginalised Voices
Dalit Voices
Dalit Voices-Poetry
Literature from North East India
Literature from North East India-Poetry

Block 4 – Womenspeak
A Woman’s Retelling of the Rama-Tale: The Chandrabati Ramayana
Lakshmi Kannan and Indira Sant: Poems
Naseem Shafaie: Poems
‘Sapavimochanam’ (‘The Redemption’) by Pudhumaipithan