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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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1.5x" data-file-width="259" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sunetra_Gupta" title="Sunetra Gupta">Sunetra Gupta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1992<sup id="cite_ref-Kirkus_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kirkus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">print</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">256</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Memories of Rain</b></i> is an English-language book written by <a href="/wiki/Sunetra_Gupta" title="Sunetra Gupta">Sunetra Gupta</a>. This was Gupta's <a href="/wiki/Debut_novel" title="Debut novel">debut novel</a> and was first published in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-Kirkus_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kirkus-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was awarded <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award" title="Sahitya Akademi Award">Sahitya Akademi Award</a> in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sanga2003_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanga2003-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Memories_of_Rain&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Kirkus-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kirkus_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kirkus_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sunetra-gupta/memories-of-rain/">"Memories of Rain by Sunetra Gupta | Kirkus Reviews"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Kumar</a> (1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Gate_(Seth_novel)" title="The Golden Gate (Seth novel)">The Golden Gate</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Seth" title="Vikram Seth">Vikram Seth</a> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Lines" title="The Shadow Lines">The Shadow Lines</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh" title="Amitav Ghosh">Amitav Ghosh</a> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=That_Long_Silence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="That Long Silence (page does not exist)">That Long Silence</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Shashi_Deshpande" title="Shashi Deshpande">Shashi Deshpande</a> (1990)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Trotter-Nama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Trotter-Nama (page does not exist)">The Trotter-Nama</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Allan_Sealy" title="Allan Sealy">Allan Sealy</a> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Trees_Still_Grow_in_Dehra" title="Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra">Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Ruskin_Bond" title="Ruskin Bond">Ruskin Bond</a> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=After_Amnesia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="After Amnesia (page does not exist)">After Amnesia</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/G._N._Devy" title="G. N. Devy">G. N. Devy</a> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serendip_(book)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Serendip (book) (page does not exist)">Serendip</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Dom_Moraes" title="Dom Moraes">Dom Moraes</a> (1994)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Memories of Rain</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Sunetra_Gupta" title="Sunetra Gupta">Sunetra Gupta</a> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Final_Solutions_and_Other_Plays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Final Solutions and Other Plays (page does not exist)">Final Solutions and Other Plays</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Dattani" title="Mahesh Dattani">Mahesh Dattani</a> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Collected_Poems_(Ramanujan)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Collected Poems (Ramanujan) (page does not exist)">The Collected Poems</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/A._K._Ramanujan" title="A. K. Ramanujan">A. K. Ramanujan</a> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cuckold_(novel)" title="Cuckold (novel)">Cuckold</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Kiran_Nagarkar" title="Kiran Nagarkar">Kiran Nagarkar</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rajaji:_A_Life&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rajaji: A Life (page does not exist)">Rajaji: A Life</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rajmohan_Gandhi" title="Rajmohan Gandhi">Rajmohan Gandhi</a> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_New_World_(novel)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="A New World (novel) (page does not exist)">A New World</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Amit_Chaudhuri" title="Amit Chaudhuri">Amit Chaudhuri</a> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Perishable_Empire" title="The Perishable Empire">The Perishable 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