| List I | Indian Writing in English | List II: Author |
| A | A Fine Balance | (I) Anita Desai |
| B | The God of Small Things | (II) Rohinton Mistry |
| C | Such a Long Journey | (III) Khushwant Singh |
| D | Fire on the Mountain | (IV) Arundhati Roy |
| List I (Books) | List II (Authors) |
| A. Difficult Daughters | I. Anita Desai |
| B. The God of Small Things | III. Arundhati Roy |
| C. The Shadow Lines | II. Manju Kapur |
| D. The Artist of Disappearance | IV. Amitav Ghosh |
| List I | Author | List II: Text |
| A | Arundhati Roy | (I) Midnight's Children |
| B | Salman Rushdie | (III) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness |
| C | Kiran Desai | (II) The Inheritance of Loss |
| D | Shashi Deshpande | (IV) The Dark Holds No Terrors |