Diksha at St Martin's

Author: Siddharth ChowdhuryPublisher: SrishtiYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 156ISBN/UPC (if available): 8187075988 DescriptionPatna and Delhi are twin cities, Separated by 700 miles. The stories in this collection reflect the sociocultural ramifications of such a geographical anomaly, on a generation whose dreams are often cleaved in half between the cramped Mezzanine bed sitters in Kingsway camp and the dilapidated mansions of Kadam Kuan, Patna.These are with a few exception, stories of youth, love and loneliness and the attendant joy, alienation and heart break which comes along as a package deal.A veritable Pandora’s box of a collection where one never knows what one is going to find next: Two gallants go for a Volkar Schlondorff movie and on their way back get some reality instruction; a high school teacher with the right stuff, hooked on Ghalib tries to emulate his hero; elsewhere another high school teacher, this time with the wrong stuff gets his comeuppance; two adolescents,