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GATE 2023 XH2 (English) – Question 34

History of English Literature and Literary Studies · Global Perspectives on Literary Studies: Anglophone literatures (British, American, Canadian and other postcolonial literatures) · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which writer is credited with the ‘chutneyfication’ of Indian English?

  1. Raja Rao
  2. Salman Rushdie
  3. Amitav Ghosh
  4. Arundhati Roy

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Correct answer: (B) Salman Rushdie

Explanation

Rushdie used “chutnification” for his mixing of Indian English words, idioms and history in Midnight's Children, a coinage associated with him.