The Perishable Empire

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| author = Meenakshi Mukherjee

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The Perishable Empire or The Perishable Empire: Essays on Indian Writing in English is an English-language collection of essays written by Meenakshi Mukherjee .{{cite news |title=Book review: 'The Perishable Empire: Essays on Indian Writing in English' by Meenakshi Mukherjee |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/20001016-book-review-the-perishable-empire-essays-on-indian-writing-in-english-by-meenakshi-mukherjee-778227-2000-10-16 |accessdate=13 October 2018 |work=India Today |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Meenakshi |title=The Perishable Empire: Essays on Indian Writing in English |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-perishable-empire-9780195662702?lang=es&cc=za |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=27 March 2003}} The book was first published in 2001 by Oxford University Press and was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 2003.{{cite news |title=Eminent litterateur Meenakshi Mukherjee dead |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/eminent-litterateur-meenakshi-mukherjee-dead/story-ohEyuAym8icjIG9U0ykafK.html |accessdate=13 October 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |date=16 September 2009 |language=en}}