Her story so far : tales of the girl child in India / edited by Monica Das.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Das, Monica.

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.

Girls--Fiction.

Girls.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xviii, 194 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; New York, NY : Penguin Books, 2003.

Summary:

This important collection showcases the most sensitive short fiction on the subject of the girl child by some of India's finest writers. The stories cut across social, economic and regional divides to reveal what life is like for a girl growing up in India. And they raise a crucial question: will our society ever rise above its innate hypocrisies and change the way it regards its women? To read these stories is to feel pain, bewilderment, outrage, compassion and a sudden surge of hope at finding love and tenderness where one least expects it.

Contents:

Shanichari / by Mahasweta Devi ; translated by Sarmistha Dutta Gupta

Rebati / by Phakirmohan Senapathy ; translated by Adyasha Das

Girls / by Mrinal Pande ; translated by Rama Baru

Izzat / by Ashapurna Devi ; translated by Rimli Bhattacharya

Kanjak / by Amrita Pritam ; translated by Harbans Singh

Death comes chaep / by Barburao Bagul ; translated by Sandhya Pandey

The swing / by J. Bhagyalakshmi ; translated by the author

My mother, her crime / by Ambai ; translated by Laskshmi Holström

Mushi / by Pratibha Ray ; translated by Bikram Das

I see the Yamuna in the horizon / by Indira Goswami ; translated by Atreyi Gohain

A memory called Ammacchi / by Vaidehi ; translated by Pranava Manjari N.

The quilt / by Ismat Chughtai ; translated by M. Asduddin

A doll for Rukmani / by Kamala Das.

Notes:

Short stories.

ISBN:

0143030426

OCLC:

54822148