dave@cad.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Bharat Dave) (09/19/85)
> From: raghu@rlgvax.UUCP (Raghu Raghunathan) Message-ID: <766@rlgvax.UUCP> > > at reasonable levels. I doubt if the market for books of Indian > interests in large enough in North America to make the venture > profitable. Although I would agree with the financial risks such a venture would entail, I think it is worth attempting. A number of books from other foreign languages were/are available in Gujarati (which is my native language). And they include all the genres- from `War and Peace' to adventures of Tarzan. I am glad that I had the opportunity to read those works when I could not read them in their original versions. Again, I can speak only for Gujarati authors (those that I have been familiar with) but I think there is sufficient variety of works that could benefit from a wider exposure. The characters in stories by Pannalal Patel, stories by Shivkumar Joshi or Bahgavatiprasad Sharma or Gunavantrai Acharya's series of stories about `Sagar Samrat' (all revolving around the early sea-based trade between Gujarat and much of the African continent) and many more -they all make very good reading. I am sure there are equally significant authors in other regional languages in India whose work could be very stimulating for even non-Indian readers. -- dave@cad.cs.cmu.edu (arpa)