How might writing “in the light of India” help us think about Latin American literature’s contemporary relationship to the world at large, especially the world of the so-called global Anglophone? The first half of this chapter examines fantasies of affiliation through which Latin American authors have expressed “cosmopolitan desires” for global connection. Over the last hundred years, authors have imagined circulating in two distinct networks. La red cósmica (the cosmic network) imagines a mystically mediated relationship of solidarity with India as a region with shared cultural and historical dimensions. In contrast, la red imperial (the imperial network) expresses a desired relationship to Europe through nostalgia and admiration for Britain’s colonial domination of India. The second half of the chapter explores how South Asian and Latin American authors have also related to each other through realities of affiliation in a third network: la red académica (the academic network), in the United States. Its legacies include restructuring of US English departments to accommodate writing from Latin America, and conceptual problems of writing in English, an issue that has long dogged South Asian writers and is newly relevant to counterparts in Latin America.