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Choose the right chronological sequence of the following books:
A. Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
B. Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
C. Shashi Deshpande, That Long Silence
D. Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake
1. A,D,B,C
2. B,C,D,A
3. C,A,D,B
4. D,B,C,A
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A. Arundhati Roy – The God of Small Things
📅 Published: 1997
🏆 Won the Booker Prize in 1997.
Set in Kerala, it’s a landmark postcolonial novel.
B. Kiran Desai – The Inheritance of Loss
📅 Published: 2006
🏆 Won the Man Booker Prize in 2006.
Deals with migration, identity, and postcolonial themes.
C. Shashi Deshpande – That Long Silence
📅 Published: 1988
A seminal feminist novel in Indian English literature.
D. Jhumpa Lahiri – The Namesake
📅 Published: 2003
A widely acclaimed novel exploring the immigrant experience in the U.S.
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