Kamala Markandaya (1924–2004; real name Kamala Purnaiya Taylor) was a novelist and journalist. A native of Mysore, Markandaya was a graduate of Madras University, and afterwards published several short stories in newspapers. After Independence, Markandaya moved to Britain, though she still labeled herself an Indian expatriate long afterwards.
István Mészáros (19 December 1930 - 1 October 2017), one of the foremost Marxist intellectuals of our time, left his native Hungary after the Soviet invasion of 1956. He was professor emeritus a
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912-1955) was among the greatest short story writers of the Indian subcontinent. He also wrote plays, and worked in the Bombay film industry as a writer before migrating t
