num_pages: 240
description: A street sweeper discovers a cache of black market money and escapes to see the Taj Mahal with his underage mistress; an Untouchable races to reclaim his life thats been stolen by an upper-caste identity thief; a slum babys head gets bigger and bigger as he gets smarter and smarter while his family tries to find a cure. One of Indias most original and audacious writers Uday Prakash weaves three tales of living and surviving in todays globalized India. In his stories Prakash portrays realities about caste and class with an authenticity absent in most English-language fiction about South Asia. Sharply political but free of heavy handedness.
language: English
title: The Walls of Delhi: Three Stories
publisher: Seven Stories Press