Yeh Daag Daag UjalaQuratul Ain Haider2009Bhartiya Gyanpithpp. 190 Yeh Daag Daag Ujala is a collection of short stories by Quratul Ain Haider. The stories have been translated by Dr. Sadiq. The stories are interesting although some of them are written in a context totally alien to me. The symbolism in some stories are totally lost…
Saat Sau Bees Kadam (Hindi)Amrita Pritam 2014Bhartiya Gyanpithpp. 266 A collection of short stories by Amrita Pritam like much of Pritam’s work revolves around the undefined aspects of life. I love how she defies logic, social boundaries, norms, and embraces everyone and everything as part of the normal. In this time of conflict and strife, I…
There was a storm brewing outside and I was all alone at home. Suddenly the lights went out… I decided to light a candle. The candle lit one half of the room nice and bright. I screamed in horror when I saw my mother. She had died in a car crash years ago! At least…
Yaad Shehar (Vol 1) (Hindi) Neelesh Misra 2013 Westland pp. 250 I picked up this book purely out of fascination for the author or rather his voice. I used to love listening to him narrating stories. It was quite natural for me to have high expectations from his writing. The book introduces him as a…
Har Kahaani Kuch Kehti Hai (Hindi) Avdhesh Joshi 2020 Notion Press pp. 122 The book is a collection of short stories that revolve around young adult concerns of love, career and friendship. The stories are set in tier two and tier three settings of India. The language is simple and suits the characters that form…
The Adivasi Will Not Dance Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar 2015 Speaking Tiger pp. 200 The Adivasi Will Not Dance is a collection of stories based in the tribal culture, primarily of Santhal tribe, in Jharkhand. The stories revolve around the lives of men and women belonging to the tribes of the region, their experiences and struggles,…
Birthday Stories Haruki Murakami 2006 Vintage Books pp. 207 Birthday stories is an anthology of stories written on the theme of birthdays. Most stories are snippets from a single day or at most a few days. The short stories, I am ashamed to admit, are mostly by writers I have never read before. Murakami is…
Ishq Mein Shahar Hona Ravish Kumar 2015 Rajkamal Prakashan pp. 90 Ishq mein shahar hona is a collection of short stories based on romance but also talking about politics and urban life. I picked up the book only because of Ravish Kumar’s reputation and with a sense of bewilderment that someone who I had only…
Tim Tim Raston ke Aks (Hindi) Sanjay Vyas 2014 Hind Yugm pp.160 Another collection of short stories in Hindi. I have made it a point to read Hindi regularly and have started enjoying some of the contemporary writers in Hindi. I remember picking up this book by Sanjay Vyas from the New Delhi World Book…
Theek Tumhare Pichhe (Hindi) Manav Kaul 2016 Hind Yugm pp. 192 This collection of short stories by Manav Kaul came as a surprise to me. Not a short stories fan, I picked it up with the clear thought that this will fill in the fifteen minutes of reading a day slot. Pleasantly surprised, I found…
