The correct answer is: B. Vikram Seth.
A Suitable Boy is a 1993 novel by Indian author Vikram Seth. It is a panoramic tale of love and politics set in India in the months leading up to the country’s first general election in 1952. The novel follows the lives of several characters from different social classes, including Lata Mehra, a young woman from a Hindu family in Brahmpur, who is searching for a suitable husband.
Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta, India, in 1952. He studied at Oxford University and then worked as a financial analyst in London. He is the author of several novels, including The Golden Gate (1986), A Suitable Boy (1993), and Two Lives (2005). He is also the author of a number of non-fiction works, including The Humble Administrator’s Garden (1988) and From Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet (1983).
Vikram Seth is a highly acclaimed author who has won numerous awards for his work, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is considered one of the most important Indian writers of his generation.
The other options are incorrect because:
- A. V. S. Naipaul is a Trinidadian novelist who wrote about the Caribbean and the Indian diaspora.
- D. H. Lawrence is an English novelist who wrote about the working class in England.
- Ruskin Bond is an Indian author who writes about childhood and the Indian countryside.