Author: E V Ramakrishnan
Publisher: Sahitya Akademi
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 535
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8126010916
Description
The forty three stories from twenty one languages anthologized here reflect the diversity and complexity of life lived in India. These stories map an eventful century during which our country emerged into a nation.
From the violence and mass hysteria of the Partition of the suppressed rage and the gnawing self-pity of individuals trapped in broken homes - these stories capture the outer and the inner lives of Indian society. The sacred and the profane, the elite and subaltern meet in many-layered narratives in these stories, providing us metaphors to visualize ourselves. These stories map an eventful century during which our country emerged into a nation. The images gathered here from the haunted interiors of the twentieth century are both disquieting and illuminating.
THE EDITOR:
E V RAMAKRISHNAN, editor of this anthology, writes in English and Malayalam. He has published poetry in English and criticism in Malayalam. He has edited an anthology of modern Indian poetry under the title The Tree Tongues .He teaches English at South Gujarat University, Surat.
Contents
PART I (1900 - 1950)
Introduction : Fictionalising India
CHAPTER I
Assamese : Bhadari
Laxminath Bezboroa
CHAPTER II
Bengali
Boatman Tarini
Tarashankar Banerjee
CHAPTER III
English
The Cow of the Barricades
Raja Rao
CHAPTER IV
Gujarati
The Letter
Dhumaketu
CHAPTER V
Hindi
The Shroud
Premchand
CHAPTER VI
Kannada
Mangamma, the Curd-seller
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
CHAPTER VII
Maithili
Ramjani
Lalit
CHAPTER VIII
Malayalam
In the Flood
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
Admission of Guilt
Lalithambika Antharjanam
CHAPTER IX
Manipuri
The Taste of Hilsa
N. Kunjamohan Singh
CHAPTER X
Marathi
Bakas Mulani
Vyankatesh Madgulkar
Flint
P.B. Bhave
CHAPTER XI
Oriya
Patent Medicine
Fakirmohan Senapati
CHAPTER XII
Punjabi
The Taxi Driver
Kartar Singh Duggal
CHAPTER XIII
Sindhi
Brother Abdul Rahman
Amarlal Hingorani
CHAPTER XIV
Tamil
Undying Flame
Mauni
CHAPTER XV
Telugu
Widow
Chalam
CHAPTER XVI
Urdu
Toba Tek Singh
Saadat Hasan Manto
The Quit
Ismat chugtai
PART II (1951 - 2000)
Introduction
CHAPTER I
Writing the Region, Imagining the Nation
CHAPTER II
Assamese
The Rogue
Atulananda Goswami
CHAPTER III
Bengali
Arjun
Mahasveta Devi
CHAPTER IV
Dogri
Bal Kak and Nono
Ved Rahi
CHAPTER V
English
The Art of Dying
CHAPTER VI
Gujarati
Stepping In
Suresh Joshi
White Dots in Dark Lanes
Himanshi Shelat
CHAPTER VII
Hindi
The Boss Came to Dinner
Bhisham Sahni
The Second Shock
Abdul Bismillah
CHAPTER VIII
Kannada
Stallion of the Sun
U.R. Anantha Murthy
CHAPTER IX
Kashmiri
The Cock Fight
Amin Kamil
CHAPTER X
Konkani
The Vow
Damodar Mauzo
CHAPTER XI
Maithili
The Chathi Parmesri
Dhumketu
CHAPTER XII
Malayalam
Sherlock
M.T. Vasudevan Nair
The Last Show
Paul Zacharia
CHAPTER XIII
Manipuri
Desert Flower
M.K. Binodini Devi
CHAPTER XIV
Marathi
Mother
Baburao Bagul
CHAPTER XV
Nepali
Post Script
Mohan Thakuri
CHAPTER XVI
Oriya
Salvation
Pratibha Ray
CHAPTER XVII
Punjabi
Ali Baba's Death
Ajeet Cour
CHAPTER XVIII
Rajasthani
Jasoda
Rameshwardayal Shrimali
CHAPTER XIX
Sindhi
Aparajita
Guno samtaney
CHAPTER XX
Tamil
Murder
Vasanthi
CHAPTER XXI
Telugu
The Desolation Within
Allam Rajaiah
CHAPTER XXII
Urdu
Lajwanti
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Notes on Tanslators