Influential Indian Writing
Kanga was selected to be part of The Vintage Book of Indian Writing: 1947-97 - a major anthology of the work of the most important and influential Indian writers of the last 50 years. This volume was published by Salman Rushdie and Elizabeth West to coincide with the anniversary of India's independence.
Kanga was born in Bombay in the westernised Parsi community, and his writing centres on dealing with disability and sexuality.
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