Indian love stories

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Indian love stories

edited by Sudhir Kakar

Lotus Collection, Roli Books, 1999

Available at  / 2 libraries

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Summary: Translation from various Indic languages

Contents of Works

  • The empty chest / by Indira Goswami
  • The house combustible / Subodh Ghosh
  • Stains / Manjula Padmanabhan
  • Back to square one / Gauri Deshpande
  • The question / U. R. Anantha Murthy
  • Kanupriya / Varsha Das
  • A new triangle / Ratanlal Shant
  • Chastity belt / Damodar Mauzo
  • The game of chess / Kamala Das
  • The bed of arrows / Gopinath Mohanty
  • Setting out in the sun / S. Tamil Selvan
  • Housewife / Ismat Chughtai
  • Weekend / Nirmal Verma
  • On the boat / P. Padmaraju
  • The weed / Amrita Pritam

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Description

A collection of fifteen contemporary love stories that touch the senses and the heart, this selection showcases love in its many faces: violence, disgust, erotic unions, love-in-separation, despair, illusion...The stories showcase the female protagonists as the more forceful partners in relationships. Free from inhibitions and social restrictions, their 'dream of love' is presented up front in brilliant, loud colours.

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