Fiction : Stories

Sharatchandra is one of the greatest and most widely read Bengali writers in Indian literature. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is pioneer of women’s empowerment in India. Most of his novels and stories have women as the protagonist. His stories were mostly related to the rural areas ..

Society is in great distress today. We feel proud that we have advanced in the field of technology and science. But then we hang our heads down when corruption, deceit and immorality guide us to choose our  way in life. Elders fail to give a right direction to  the young. All this and much more a..

S.K. Uppal is a post graduate in English Literature and Philosophy from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. He joined, the  Indian Foreign Service in 1965 and travelled extensively in Asia, Europe and Africa. Before retirement he went  to Manila as an Ambassador for two years—1999 to 2001...

प्रस्तुत संग्रह में निराला की चार कहानियाँ संगृहीत हैं और चारों का रंग अलग-अलग है। ‘क्या देखा’ में अगर हीरा नामक महिला की व्यथा-कथा है, तो ‘कला की रूपरेखा’ में एक सत्य घटना के माध्यम से यह प्रतिपादित किया गया है कि कला जीवन से निरपेक्ष नहीं हो सकती, पहचाननेवाली आँख हो तो जीवन में ही कला का अस्तित्व ..

The stones in this book are noteworthy because of their novelty and variety. The topic in each story is new, original and different from others. They cover incidents that have taken place in India's long history. They are revealing and thought provoking. The style of narration and the story-craft a..

The present book The Art of War is an ancient Chinese war treatise. It is estimated to be written in 15th century BC. It is attributed to ancient China’s war and military strategist Sun Tzu. This book is written in over thirteen chapters, each comprising of one strategy or trick of the warfare in ex..

Jonathan Swift’s satirical novel was first published in 1726, yet it is still valid today. Gulliver's Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a kindly ship’s surgeon. Swift portrays him as an observer, a reporter, and a victim of circumstance. His travels take him to Lillipu..

Originally written in Gujarati, The ‘Black Book’ (Kali Kitaab) was first published in its Hindi translation in The Times of India’s Hindi literary short story monthly, Sarika, in 1975. Kamleshwar, the then editor of Sarika said of the story: “In this Black Book which is darker than the night and bri..

This is the story of a dancer Noorbai at the Moghul Court, who with her matchless beauty and artistic accomplishments, had captivated the hearts of the Moghul Emperor Muhammad Shah and the infamous invader Nadir Shah who had taken a fancy to take her along on his way back to Iran. However, Noorbai m..

A gripping tale of love, betrayal, and vengeance, steeped in the magical realism of post-Vedic India. Shatvari is a beautiful young  Brahmin  girl, practitioner of classical music and firm believer in the holy Vedas and its spiritual philosophies. The king of the Yaduvanshis and his scheming priest..

“Chance is the pseudonym of God which He uses when He does not wish to put down His signature” could probably be described as the theme of this absorbing novel. But “everything about The Escapist has the irony of a magician who hides his true face behind a mask and drowns everything in a peal of lau..

A girl embarks on a train journey to obliterate old memories which have destroyed her childhood; a young girl is transformed into a veritable Krishna to destroy a modern day Kansa; an unmarried surrogate mother readies herself to give birth to a child;  a young civil servant stops believing in mirac..