Khushwant Singh selects best Indian short stories.
Contributors: Khushwant Singh, 1915-
Publisher: Books Today
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Subjects: Short stories, Indic -- Translations into English.; Short stories, Indic (English)
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Best Indian short stories
Description: Anthology of short stories written by authors in their regional languages as well as those in English.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. An Indian Dream; title: M.J. Akbar; title: 2. Why Does the Child Cry?; title: Mulk Raj Anand; title: 3. Ramblings on a Beach; title: Kabir Bedi; title: 4. Intermittent Fever; title: Rajinder Singh Bedi; title: 5. The Birdman; title: Margaret Bhatty; title: 6. The Leopard; title: Ruskin Bond; title: 7. The Tiger in the Tunnel; title: Ruskin Bond; title: 8. Those Thirty Minutes; title: Krishan Chander; title: 9. The Brinjal Cut-Out; title: Krishan Chander; title: 10. Flight 303; title: Suresh Chopra; title: 11. Housewife; title: Ismat Chugtai; title: 12. A Home Near the Sea; title: Kamala Das; title: 13. The Crocodile's Lady; title: Manoj Das; title: 14. Descent from the Rooftop; title: Anita Desai.; title: 15. The Dark; title: Shashi Deshpande; title: 16. One More Dead Body; title: Kartar Singh. Duggal; title: 17. Midnight; title: Wendy Fernandes.; title: 18. A Flavour of Myrrh; title: Coleen Gantzer; title: 19. The Blue Hills Where the Sun Never Sets; title: Hugh Gantzer; title: 2 0. Mataji and the Hippies; title: Balwant Gargi; title: 21. Memories of an Indian Childhood; title: Qurratulain Hyder; title: 22. A Candle for St. Jude; title: Qurratulain Hyder; title: 23. My Aunt Gracie; title: Qurratulain Hyder; title: 24. Honour; title: Qurratulain Hyder; title: 25. A Tale of the Hijras; title: Abdul Jabbar; title: 26. The Birth of a Poem; title: Amrita Pritam.