Author: Raja Rao
Rabindranath Tagore/Premchand
Artiste/Contributor(: Mulk Raj Anand / Khushwant Singh
Publisher: Jaico
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 284
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8179922170
Description
This book is a compilation of classic short stories by five great Indian writers – Raja Rao, Rabindranath Tagore, Premchand, Dr Mulk Raj Anand and Khushwant Singh. Though not necessarily representative of the authors’ complete works, the stories have been carefully chosen to showcase their versatility and skill as storytellers.
The collection covers an extraordinary range of themes, styles and settings, allowing the reader to get a glimpse of another world gone by. Yet, these stories seem timeless, and the characters in them show the same foibles, fears and hopes as people in the brave new world of the 21st century.
Contents
RAJA RAO
The Serpent and the Rope
The Cat and Shakespeare
The Chessmaster and His Moves
RABINDRANATH TAGORE
The Cabuliwallah
Tell Me A Story
Price of a Head
Guru Govinda
A Wrong Man in Workers’ Paradise
The Favourite Queen
The Ungrateful Sorrow
Seventeen Years
Minoo
A Game with Names
The Prince
The Master’s Ghost
The Scroll
The Conclusion
The Car Festival
PREMCHAND
Box of Jewels
The Lone Voice
The Wrist Watch
The New Bride
The Police of Justice
A Police Officer’s Tale
The Necklace
DR MULK RAJ ANAND
Lajwanti
The Gold Watch
KHUSHWANT SINGH
Karma
The Mark of Vishnu
The Portrait of a Lady
The Insurance Agent
The Riot
The Man with a Clear Conscience
The Memsahib of Mandla