Best Loved Indian Stories – II

The rich and varied body of writing in the Indian languages has grown immenasurably in the last hundred yeards. This collection of short stories brings together some pernnial favourites from this vast treasure trve, written by acknowledged masters of the art and sensitively translated. The twenty-three stories included here deal with themes central to modern India: caste, gender politics and emerging changes in the traditonal family structure, These are striking vignettes from all parts of te country, evocative of different lifestyles, yet reflective of common problems and issues with which we can all idnetify.