Author: Indra Srinivasan
Chetna Bhat/
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 242
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0140285083
Description
A selection of the most enjoyable and popular short stories from India.
Best Loved Indian Stories brings together tales from different parts of the country that have enthralled readers of all ages. This volume, the first of the two, represents the best English stories written by Indians in the twentieth century.
The authors included in this volume are:
Anjana Appachana / Anita Desai / Attia Hosain / Bharati Mukherjee / Githa Hariharan / K A Abbas / Keki N Daruwalla / Khushwant Singh / Manjula Padmanabhan / Manoj Das / Manohar Malgonkar / Mulk Raj Anand / Nayantara Sahgal / Nergis Dalal / Padma Hejmadi / R K Narayan / Raja Rao / Ruskin Bond / Santha Rama Rau / Shashi Deshpande
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
ONE
A Horse and Two Goats
TWO
A Pair of Mustachios
THREE
Who Cares?
FOUR
The Cow of the Barricades
FIVE
Sparrows
SIX
The Mark of Vishnu
SEVEN
Cargo from Singapore
EIGHT
The Night Train at Deoli
NINE
Phoenix Fled
TEN
Games at Twilight
ELEVEN
Love Across the Salt Desert
TWELVE
The Valley in Shadow
THIRTEEN
Appa-mam
FOURTEEN
The Tree
FIFTEEN
The Tenant
SIXTEEN
The Tenant
SEVENTEEN
The Connoisseur
EIGHTEEN
Martand
NINTEEN
The Copper-tailed Skink
TWENTY
Her Mother
TWENTY ONE
The Remains of the Feast
Notes in Authors