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Shehar Band Hai (Hindi)

Shehar Band Hai (Hindi) Ashvini Kumar Dube Bhartiya Gyanpith 179 pages The book is a collection of short stories by Dube. Part experiential, part fictional, each story presents a perspective on a social issue within the system in which it exists, functions, and is perpetuated. The narrative is rooted in the everyday and while it…

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Pachas Baras ka Bekar Aadmi

Name of the Book: Pachas Baras ka Bekar Aadmi (Hindi)Author: Ravindra VermaNo. of Pages: 136Year of Publication: 2011 (2nd edition)Publisher: Bhartiya GyanpithAbout the Book:The book is a collection of forty short stories by Ravindra Verma. Excepting the last story, that shares its title with the book, all other stories are not more than three to…

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Band Gali ka Aakhiri Makaan

Name of the Book: Band Gali ka Aakhiri Makaan (Hindi)Author: Dharamvir BharatiNo. of Pages: 116Year of Publication: 2013 (17th edition)Publisher: Bhartiya Gyanpith About the Book:The book is a collection of short stories written by noted playwright, poet and writer, Dharamvir Bharati, between the years 1955 and 1969.The stories are mostly located in rural and semi…

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To Cut a Long Story Short

Name: To Cut a Long Story ShortAuthor: Jeffrey ArcherNo. of Pages: 419Publisher: Harper CollinsYear of Publication: 2001 About the Book:The book is a collection of short stories. Archer opens it with his favourite middle eastern short story about a man trying to escape death. The fifteen other short stories have been written by Archer, some…