Indian writing in English has come of age creatively and critically; it needs to be able to stand on its own commercially and internationally too. There are Indian writers who are doing what they can, and there are even Indian critics who are trying to read such writers on their own. Indian writing in English is a relatively-recent phenomena, as far as literature goes. Though one can trace such writers in India to a century back, Indian writing in English has come into force only in the last couple of decades or so. Some of these writers have achieved worldwide fame, some national, and others perhaps have to be contents with a more constricted circle.