Although the Indian economy enjoyed a steady rate of growth at 2. 5 % per annum ( mocked by leftist economist Raj Krishna as a " Hindu rate of growth "), chronic unemployment amidst widespread poverty continued to plague the population.

Writing in the Indian leftist magazine Economic and Political Weekly, the far left American academic James Petras ( 2007 ) argued that Morales ' government during its first 15 months in office was neither socialist or anti-imperialist in nature, instead representing " an attempt to ' moralise ' existing capitalist elites.

Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries ( APCCCR ) was a leftist split from the Communist Party of India ( Marxist ) ( CPI ( M )) in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Deshpremee Jana Samukshya was a joint front of leftist parties in the Indian state of Orissa.

The city is also noted for its revolutionary history, ranging from the Indian struggle for independence to the leftist Naxalite and trade-union movements.

He was the editor of the leftist newspaper Frontier published from Kolkata, which was banned during the notorious period of Indian Emergency ( 1975-1977 ) declared by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Kabani Nadi Chuvannappol ( When the River Kabani Turned Red ), a bold movie about a leftist political activist, was released during the Indian Emergency.

He also cites that often, leftist governments in India ( such as in the Indian state of West Bengal ) covertly support madrassa curricula for Muslims, helping traditional Islamic scholarship and teaching fundamentalism in " Islamic " disguise.

It has been said that pseudoscience was unwittingly helped into being by the postmodernism embraced by Indian leftist " postcolonial theories " like those of Ashis Nandy and Vandana Shiva who rejected the universality of " Western " science and called for the " indigenous science ".

* 1909 – V. K. Gokak, Indian writer ( d. 1992 )

* 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher ( d. 1950 )

* 1950 – Sudha Murty, Indian social worker and writer

Of particular concern to Indian drama and literature are the term ' Bhava ' or the state of mind and rasa referring generally to the emotional flavors / essence crafted into the work by the writer and relished by a ' sensitive spectator ' or sahṛdaya or one with positive taste and mind.

* 2012 – Suresh Dalal, Indian poet and writer ( b. 1932 )

It was mentioned in Indian literature by the 12th century when the writer Hemacandra described calico fabric prints with a lotus design.

* 1932 – Kamleshwar. Indian writer.

* 1921 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer ( d. 1985 )

* 1889 – Acharya Ramlochan Saran, Indian writer ( d. 1971 )

Indian Muslim scholars issued a fatwā of death against Taslima Nasreen, an exiled controversial Bangladeshi writer.

* 1912 – Kusumagraj, Vishnu Vāman Shirwādkar, Indian writer ( d. 1999 )

Deciding against returning to Burma, he resigned from the Indian Imperial Police to become a writer.

* 1838 – Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian writer ( d. 1894 )

* 1923 – G. A. Kulkarni, Indian writer ( d. 1987 )

* 1996 – Acharya Kuber Nath Rai, Indian writer ( b. 1933 )

* 1982 – Parasmani Dangal, Indian Nepali journalist and writer

* 1947 – Shobha De, Indian writer

* 1861 – Rabindranath Tagore, Indian writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1941 )

* 1961 – Arundhati Roy, Indian writer

* 1922 – Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, poet, writer, dramatist and filmmaker ( d. 1995 )

* 1925 – Ritwik Ghatak, Indian Filmmaker and script writer ( d. 1976 )

* 1897 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer ( d. 1999 )

* Sriram Panda, and Indian actor, director and writer

* 1178: Chinese writer Zhou Qufei, a Guangzhou customs officer, writes of an island far west in the Indian Ocean ( possibly Madagascar ), from where people with skin " as black as lacquer " and with frizzy hair were captured and purchased as slaves by Arab merchants.

** Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian Historian, writer, and scholar ( b. 1893 )

Arundhati Roy is a prominent Indian author of the 20th and 21st centuries.

* November 24 – Arundhati Roy, Indian writer and activist

* Arundhati Ghose ( born 1940 ), Indian diplomat

The God of Small Things ( 1997 ) is the debut novel of Indian author Arundhati Roy.

Indian authors like Chaman Nahal, Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Desai, Bharati Mukherjee, Hanif Kureishi, Rohinton Mistry, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai have contributed to the category.

* Arundhati Roy – Recurring guest ; Indian writer, anti-war activist, and leading figure in the alter-globalization movement

* The film is highly criticized by Arundhati Roy in her film review named ' The Great Indian Rape-Trick '.

More recent major writers in English who are either Indian or of Indian origin and derive much inspiration from Indian themes are R. K. Narayan, Vikram Seth, Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Raja Rao, Amitav Ghosh, Rohinton Mistry, Vikram Chandra, Mukul Kesavan, Raj Kamal Jha, Vikas Swarup, Khushwant Singh, Shashi Tharoor, Nayantara Sehgal, Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, Ashok Banker, Shashi Deshpande, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kamala Markandaya, Gita Mehta, Manil Suri, Ruskin Bond, Preeti Shenoy and Bharati Mukherjee.

Support for the protests also came from Indian author Arundhati Roy, who wrote the extended essay " The Greater Common Good " in protest of the Narmada Dam Project ; the essay was reprinted in her book The Cost of Living.

* 2004 – Arundhati Roy, Indian novelist and peace activist

It counted among its supporters Indian Leftist author Arundhati Roy and United Nations Assistant General Secretary Denis Halliday, though consciously avoids a hierarchical structure.

* We ( film ), a film about the words of Indian author / activist Arundhati Roy

In February 2011, Kumar interviewed Indian novelist Arundhati Roy for Guernica Magazine.