TY - GEN AU - Davidar, David Ed. TI - Clutch of Indian masterpieces : extraordinary short stories from the 19th century to the present SN - 9789382277293 U1 - 823 PY - 2014/// CY - New Delhi PB - Aleph Book Company KW - N1 - CONTENTS Our Stories xiii 1 . RABINDRANATH TAGORE 3 The Hunger of Stones Translated from the Bengali by Amitav Ghosh 2 . MUNSHI PREMCHAND 14 The Shroud Translated from the Hindi by Arshia Sattar 3. R . K. NARAYAN 21 A Horse and Two Goats 4. BUDDHADEVA BOSE 36 A Life Translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha 5. SAADAT HASAN MANTO 56 Toba Tek Singh Translated from the Urdu by Khushwant Singh 6. THAKAZHI SIVASANKARA PILLAI 63 The Flood Translated from the Malayalam by 0. V. Usha 7. VAIKOM MUHAMMAD BASHEER 69 The Blue Light Translated from the Malayalam by 0. V. Usha 8. GOPINATH MOHANTY 79 The Somersault Translated from the Oriya by Sitakant Mahapatra 9. KHUSHWANT SINGH 87 Portrait of a Lady 10. ISMAT CHUGHTAI 91 11. AMRITA PRITAM 101 Stench ofKerosene Translated from the Punjabi by Khushwant Singh 12. ANNA BHAU SATHE 106 Gold from the Grave Translated from the Marathi by Vernon Gonsalves 13. D. B. G. TILAK 113 The Man Who Saw God Translated from the Telugu by Rang a Rao 14. HARISHANKAR PARSAI 128 Inspector Matadeen on the Moon Translated from the Hindi by C. M. Naim 15. MAHASWETA DEVI 138 Draupadi Translated from the Bengali by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak 16. VIJAYDAN DETHA 150 Countless Hiders Translated from the Rajasthani by Christi A. Merrill and Kailash Kabir 17. NIRMAL VERMA 160 Mirror of Illusion Translated from the Hindi by Geeta Kapur 18. SUNDARA RAMASWAMY 173 Reflowering Translated from the Tamil by S. Krishnan 19. U. R . ANANTHAMURTHY 182 Mouni Translated from the Kannada by H .Y Sharada Prasad 20. NISHA DA CUNHA 200 Old Cypress 21. RUSKIN BOND 237 The Blue Umbrella 22. . GULZAR 254 Crossing the Ravi Trans lated from the Hindi by Rakhshanda ]alii 23. ANITA DESAI 258 Games at Twilight 24. VILAS SARANG 265 A Revolt of the Gods Translated from the Marathi by the author 25. AMBAI 2 7 6 In a Forest, a Deer Translated from the Tamil by C. T. Indra 26. PAUL ZACHAR I A 282 Bhaskara Pattelar and My Life Translated from the Malayalam by Gita Krishnankutty 27. DEVANOORA MAHADEVA 302 Tar Arrives Translated from the Kannada by Manu Shetty and A . K. Ramanujan 28. IRWIN ALLAN SEALY 309 Last In, First Out 29. VIKRAM SETH 322 The Elephant and the Tragopan 30. MANJULA PADMANABHAN 345 Feast 31. GITHA HARIHARAN 355 Nursing God's Countries 32. CYRUS MISTRY 361 Proposed for Condemnation 33. SHASHI THAROOR 371 Trying to Discover India 34. UPAMANYU CHATTERJEE 383 Desolation, Lust 35. VIKRAM CHANDRA 402 Kama 36. ANJUM HASAN 465 Wild Things 37. AMRITA NARAYANAN 475 Stolen 38. SHAHNAZ BASHIR 486 The Gravestone 39. KANISHK THAROOR 492 Elephant at Sea Acknowledgements 504 Notes to the Stories 506 Notes on the Authors 510 Notes on the Translators 514 ER -