Separate journeys : short stories by contemporary Indian women / edited by Geeta Dharmarajan ; introduction by Mary Ellis Gibson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dharmarajan, Geeta.

Gibson, Mary Ellis, 1952-

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Indic--Translations into English.

Short stories, Indic.

Indic fiction--20th century--Translations into English.

Indic fiction.

Indic fiction--Translations into English.

Indic fiction--Women authors--Translations into English.

Indic fiction--Women authors.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxix, 127 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

[First United States edition].

Place of Publication:

Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, 2004.

Language Note:

In English; translated from various Indic languages.

Summary:

This collection, which gathers fifteen stories by contemporary Indian women representing the varied languages and regions of their subcontinent, is now available to an American audience for the first time. Western readers have come to recognize the names of Indian writers such as Arundhati Roy and Salman Rushdie. But there is great diversity in Indian fiction, and to refer to all literature produced in India or by Indians under a single rubric suppresses rich differences. The region's vibrant literary tradition comprises diverse cultures and writing styles. The array of stories in this collection brings out linguistic, regional, ethnic, and class-based variety in the manner of anthologies of any nation's literature, but with a range and depth rarely matched elsewhere. The stories included in Separate Journeys powerfully evoke Indian women's lives in diverse settings, from urban to village to rural. Unfolding the complex interplay of gender, language, class, and ethnicity characteristic of this part of the world, and running from the passionate to the poignant, from the personal to the universal, the stories are a moving testament to the human spirit.

Contents:

Bayen / Mahasweta Devi, translated from the Bangla by Mahua Bhattacharya 1

A Day with Charulata / Anupama Niranjana, translated from the Kannada by Tejaswini Niranjana 15

The Decision / T. Janaki Rani, translated from the Telugu by Vakati Panduranga Rao 24

Private Tuition with Mr. Bose / Anita Desai 36

The Empty Chest / Mamoni Raisom Goswami, translated from the Assamese by Pradipta Borgohain 43

Izzat / Ashapurna Devi, translated from the Bangla by Rimli Bhattacharya 48

Justice / Urmila Pawar, translated from the Marathi by Asha Damle 56

A Kind of Love Story / Mrinal Pande, translated from the Hindi by the author 64

The Hijra / Kamala Das, translated from the Malayalam by the author 74

The Widows of Tithoor / Viswapria L. Iyengar 79

The Sermons of Haji Gul Baba Bektashi / Qurratulain Hyder, translated from the Urdu by the author 92

I / Jeelani Bano, translated from the Urdu by Jai Ratan 100

Thayyaal / Rupavati, translated from the Tamil by Geeta Dharmarajan 105

Just a Simple Bridge / Rajee Seth, translated from the Hindi by Jai Ratan 112

I Am Complete / Varsha Das, translated from the Gujarati by the author 121

About Garutman 127.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: New Delhi : Katha in association with Garutmän, 1998.

ISBN:

1570035512

OCLC:

187754577