Our Favourite Indian Stories

Author: Khushwant SinghNeelam Kumar/Publisher: JaicoYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 434ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172249780 DescriptionThis anthology is a virtual canvas of human emotions. Its pages throb with everything primal to human nature: fear, angst, joy, love, lust and longing. Within the pages of this anthology will be discovered that intangible quality which has surpassed the boundaries of region, time, space and history.The inspiration behind this anthology has been the concern that some of the best short stories of India have remained imprisoned within their geographic and linguistic boundaries, flowering and withering away unnoticed. In the absence of translation they have been deprived from reaching a wider audience. What a waste of beautiful thoughts and ideas! How can one talk of understanding India or being Indian without understanding the motivations that drive our countrymen and women spread over distant regions of the country? Can one truly understand the who