Valmiki is considered the father of Indian literature as he is the author of the epic poem Ramayana.

Premchand is known for his novel 'Godan', which is considered a classic of Hindi literature.

R. K. Narayan is known for his novel 'The Guide', which was adapted into a film in 1965.

Salman Rushdie is known for his novel 'Midnight's Children', which won the Booker Prize in 1981.

Vikram Seth is known for his novel 'A Suitable Boy', which is one of the longest novels ever written in English.

Aravind Adiga is known for his novel 'The White Tiger', which won the Man Booker Prize in 2008.

Arundhati Roy is known for her novel 'The God of Small Things', which won the Booker Prize in 1997.

Kiran Desai is known for her novel 'The Inheritance of Loss', which won the Man Booker Prize in 2006.

Amitav Ghosh is known for his novel 'The Hungry Tide', which won the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2005.

Amitav Ghosh is known for his novel 'The Shadow Lines', which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989.

Shashi Tharoor is known for his novel 'The Great Indian Novel', which is a satirical take on Indian history.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is known for her novel 'The Palace of Illusions', which is a retelling of the Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi.

Jhumpa Lahiri is known for her novel 'The Lowland', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2013.

Jhumpa Lahiri is known for her novel 'The Namesake', which was adapted into a film in 2006.

Jhumpa Lahiri is known for her novel 'Interpreter of Maladies', which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000.