The Sahitya Akademi Award is given to the best Indian novel written in English, as well as in other Indian languages.

Arundhati Roy was the first Indian author to win the Man Booker Prize, for her novel "The God of Small Things" in 1997.

Salman Rushdie has won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize twice, for his novels "Midnight's Children" in 1981 and "The Satanic Verses" in 1988.

Kiran Desai won the Jnanpith Award for her novel "The Inheritance of Loss" in 2006.

Shashi Tharoor won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel "The Great Indian Novel" in 1991.

Amitav Ghosh won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his novel "The Hungry Tide" in 2005.

Amitav Ghosh won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel "The Glass Palace" in 2001.

Yann Martel is a Canadian author, not an Indian author. He won the Man Booker Prize for his novel "Life of Pi" in 2002.

Amitav Ghosh won the Jnanpith Award for his novel "The Shadow Lines" in 1990.

Kiran Desai won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for her novel "The Inheritance of Loss" in 2006.

Aravind Adiga won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel "The White Tiger" in 2008.

Arundhati Roy won the Man Booker Prize for her novel "The God of Small Things" in 1997.

Salman Rushdie won the Jnanpith Award for his novel "Midnight's Children" in 1981.

Vikram Seth won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for his novel "A Suitable Boy" in 1994.

Amitav Ghosh won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel "The Hungry Tide" in 2005.