Indians on American literature

In the comment thread to this post on Sepia Mutiny -- a post on the NYT's review of Vikram Chandra's "Sacred Games" -- a score or more of Indians and (I'm guessing) Indian-Americans get into a long, fascinating conversation on the state of American fiction. After a commenter alleges that American writers have their heads up their collective ass with respect to the rest of the world, a long comment thread develops in which many writers and books are evaluated. Really interesting!