Author: Anita Roy
Translator(s)/ Edito: Anita Roy
Publisher: Kali/Zubaan
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 239
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-89884-03-4
Description
This exciting new anthology showcases 21 of the best short stories by South Asian women under the age of 40.
Ranging from the lyrical to the humourous to the darkly disturbing, these previously unpublished stories highlight the desires, concerns and obsessions of young women from the subcontinent. A new generation of writers is emerging who are boldly tackling new forms and styles, including historical detective fiction, graphic short stories, stories intercut with email and sms messages.
The stories are as varied as the women themselves, and celebrate the diversity and range of women’s literature for the twenty-first century.
Contents
Introduction
ANITA ROY
Spartacus and the Dancing Man
TISHANI DOSHI
Murk of Art
MADHULIKA LIDDLE
The Suicide’s Inbox
MEENA KANDASAMY
Lotus
AISHWARYA SUBRAMANYAM
Something Special About Sayyida
SHAHNAZ HABIB
E.C.G.
ANNIE ZAIDI
Sunday Christians
ANJU MARY PAUL
The Third Cloud
NARMADA THIRANAGAMA
‘Like a Scene From all Those Movies’
ANJUM HASAN
Broadband and the Bookslut
NISHA SUSAN
Through the Eye of the Needle
SWARNALATHA RAGARAJAN
The Rainy days of Vaidehi
EPSITA HALDER
The Large girl
MRIDUALA KOSHY
Ferris Wheel
DIANA ROMANY
Instant honeymoon or Love in the
Time of Television
PAROMITA CHAKRAVARTI
Everyday
ASHIMA SOOD
Drool
REVATILAUL
Mango Tree in the Desert
ADITHI RAO
Hammer Gang
ROOHI CHOUDHRY
Hue and Cry
RUCHIKA CHANANA
Award-winning Writer
SUMANA ROY
Contributors