Desi girls
Subtitle: stories by Indian women writers abroad
By: edited by Divya Mathur
Publisher: HopeRoad Publishing
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781908446442; 9781908446435
Subjects: Short stories, Indic (English); Women authors
Description: "Through their characters and the unique structure of the short story-- with its classic, unexpected sting in the tail-- the writers offer us a viewpoint and a commentary on the countries they have adopted"--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Mohini Kent; title: Editor's note / Divya Mathur; title: Jagruti, beware! / Vayu Naidu; title: Meharchand's prayer / Achala Sharma; title: A Diwali night / Anil Prabha Kumar; title: A breakable bridge / Anshu Johri; title: Things are not always what they seem / Archana Painuly; title: Unsaid / Aruna Sabharwal; title: The encounter / Chaand Chazelle; title: My better half / Divya Mathur; title: The table / Ila Prasad; title: The unposted letter / Kadambari Mehra; title: The swansong / Neena Paul; title: The flight / Purnima Varman; title: Virgin Meera / Pushpa Saxena; title: Good morning, Mrs Singh / Shail Agrawal; title: Rude awakening / Sneh Thakore; title: Unmourned / Sudershen Priyadershini; title: Exit / Sudha Om Dhingra; title: Remains / Susham Bedi; title: One cold winter's night / Toshi Amrita; title: But Salina had only wanted to get married ... / Usha Raje Saxena; title: Salma / Usha Verma; title: The bolt / Zakia Zubairi.