When a society changes, it is the people who bear the weight of it the most. This book brings together stories from people’s lives, as they carried on their cultural legacy, weaving it with modernity and growth.

The Hindi short story is one of the most exciting genres in modern Indian literature. The fifteen stories in this volume, by some of the most prominent writers in the field, provide a unique picture of the country today.

The Stories Are Marked By A Wide Variety Of Themes, Mostly Related To Contemporary Social Life, Like Alienation, Loneliness, Weariness, And The Crisis Of Values.

Some of the writers in this selection who write in a satirical vein can have lashing effects on the reader. The stories in this book explore the human psyche and go deep into the inner recesses of the mind and heart.

... story genre into the spotlight of literary attention in Hindi , a development since Independence in most of the other Indian languages also . Tales , fables , and stories have been a con- tinuous part of the Indian literary and cultural ...

Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.