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Who is the author of the book 'The Inheritance of Loss'?1. Kiran Desai2. Nayantara Sahgal3. Jhumpa Lahiri4. Anita Nair

Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Kiran Desai

The correct answer is Kiran Desai.

  • The Inheritance of Loss is the second novel by Indian author Kiran Desai.
    • It was first published in 2006.
    • It won a number of awards, including the Man Booker Prize for that year, the National Book Critics Circle Fiction Award in 2007, and the 2006 Vodafone Crossword Book Award.
    • It was written over a period of seven years after her first book, the critically acclaimed Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard.
    • Among its main themes are migration, living between two worlds, and between past and present.

  • Nayantara Sahgal-
    • Nayantara Sahgal is an Indian writer who writes in English.
    • She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
    • She was awarded the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel Rich Like Us.
  • Jhumpa Lahiri-
    • Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" Lahiri is an American author known for her short stories, novels, and essays in English, and, more recently, in Italian.
  • Anita Nair-
    • She has written other books such as Mistress (2003), Adventures of Nonu, the Skating Squirrel (2006), Living Next Door to Alise (2007), Magical Indian Myths (2008), and the play Nine Faces of Being adapted from her book Mistress.


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