Author: Aruna Sitesh
Editor: Aruna Sitesh
Publisher: Affiliated East-West
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 357
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185336733
Description
This is a representative collection of modern Indian short stories written originally in different Indian languages. All in all, a selection that the discerning reader ought to read if he wants to know what has been happening in modern literary India.
They capture the broad spectrum not only of creativity in almost all Indian languages but also of individual and collective experience the Indian society has undergone, involving, sometimes, dramatic, almost cataclysmic, changes in values, sensibilities and relationships. It is these thematic shifts that have guided the selection of the stories, written by well-known figures in the Indian literary scene.
The selection thus succeeds in communicating both the overriding preoccupations and the original flavor of regional creativity in Indian languages.
Contents
Aruna Sitesh
Introduction
ASSAMESE
Atulananda Goswami
THE POTION
Mamoni Raisom Goswami
THE BEASTS
BENGALI
Ashapurna Debi
ALL FOR HAPPINESS
Sunil Gangopadhyay
THE HEROINE
DOGRI & KASHMIRI
Padma Sachdev
SMOKE
ENGILISH
Manoj Das
A TRIP INTO THE JUNGLE
Raji Narasimhan
A TOAST TO HERSELF
GUJARATI
Bharati Vaidya
SACRIFICE
Pannalal Patel
THE GREEN FLAG
HINDI
Ganga Prasad Vimal
THE GOST
Himanshu Joshi
THE BLACK SMOKE
Sitesh Aloke
THE FADE-OUT
Usha Priyambada
HOMECOMING
KANADA
Anupama Niranjana
DAMAYANTI'S LORE
Ranjan Bhat
A DAY'S ROMANCE
MALAYALAM
Lalithambika Antharjanam
LIFE AND DEATH
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
SHINGIDI MUNGAN
MARATHI
Prabhakar Machwe
LUST
Vijaya Rajadhyaksha
THE LAST CHAPTER
ORIYA
Jagannath Prasad Das
IDENTITY
Pratibha Ray
THE LITTELE CARVED BOX
PUNJABI
Amrita Pritam
THIS IS MY COW, SIR!
Jasbir Bhullar
THE THREE-WALLED HOUSE
SINDHI
Ishwar Chander
WRONG ARITHMETIC
Popati R Hiranandani
THE COWARD
TAMIL
Ashokamitran
THE ASSAULTED
Chudamani Raghavan
MY DAUGHTER SHOBHANA
TELUGU
Chaganti Tulasi
ASH TRAY
Hita Sri
THE TOUCHSTONE
URDU
Joginder Paul
THE SPELL
Wajeda Tabassum
USED CLOTHES
LIST OF TRANSLATIORS