cultural ethos. One can say that Seth draws his experiences from multiple locations. Anita Desai in a Review, Sitting Pretty, (1993) pertinently comments:
Seth belongs to the generation of practitioners of Indian Writing in English, born after Independence who has attracted attention in India and abroad and even made the reading and writing of novels a respectable pursuit. (Anita Desai 26)
Due to the diversity of his themes, forms and genres, the literary world wants to study him. Thus, being an international writer, Vikram Seth does not restrict himself to any particular location or genre. Namita Gokhale in G.J.V.Prasad’s work, Vikram Seth: An Anthology of Recent Criticism (2011) argues that:
Vikram Seth is international and should be appreciated as a writer about human beings, not as a peddler of Indian exotica…deeply rooted in his specific Indian identity, Vikram Seth is yet a citizen of the world in the best sense...His Genius should be evaluated in his control over his material, and in creating a credible world-in-itself which he can cohabit and explore. (qtd. in Prasad: 183) …show more content…
He was born in an upper middle class family in Kolkata on 20th June, 1952 to Premo Seth and Leila Seth. His parents were highly educated and this had an influence on Vikram Seth in a number of ways. Seth’s childhood was spent in Patna. Keeping in view the acumen of Vikram Seth, his parents admitted him into the prestigious and elitist Doon Public School in Dehra Dun, where children from economically sound families were generally admitted. In the school, his teacher Meisenheimer influences him by inculcating in him “a deep love for sound of English words, singing and
Seth belongs to the generation of practitioners of Indian Writing in English, born after Independence who has attracted attention in India and abroad and even made the reading and writing of novels a respectable pursuit. (Anita Desai 26)
Due to the diversity of his themes, forms and genres, the literary world wants to study him. Thus, being an international writer, Vikram Seth does not restrict himself to any particular location or genre. Namita Gokhale in G.J.V.Prasad’s work, Vikram Seth: An Anthology of Recent Criticism (2011) argues that:
Vikram Seth is international and should be appreciated as a writer about human beings, not as a peddler of Indian exotica…deeply rooted in his specific Indian identity, Vikram Seth is yet a citizen of the world in the best sense...His Genius should be evaluated in his control over his material, and in creating a credible world-in-itself which he can cohabit and explore. (qtd. in Prasad: 183) …show more content…
He was born in an upper middle class family in Kolkata on 20th June, 1952 to Premo Seth and Leila Seth. His parents were highly educated and this had an influence on Vikram Seth in a number of ways. Seth’s childhood was spent in Patna. Keeping in view the acumen of Vikram Seth, his parents admitted him into the prestigious and elitist Doon Public School in Dehra Dun, where children from economically sound families were generally admitted. In the school, his teacher Meisenheimer influences him by inculcating in him “a deep love for sound of English words, singing and