Work is on in full swing in the Royal Peacock Garden to house a wondrous cage that would have forty hill mynas. Soon the cage is full of twittering birds and they are entrusted to Kale Khan’s care. But he steals a myna for his motherless daughter who has long been asking for one… Does Kale Khan receive a royal pardon… What lies in store for the beautiful city of Lucknow? Set in the times of the reign of Sultan Wajid Ali Shah, this is a poignant story of a father’s love for his daughter-a story that may well have lost in the confusion and tumult of changing times.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Naiyer Masud
Naiyer Masud is among the foremost contemporary Urdu short story writers in our country. His stories have been published in three volumes-Seemiya, itr-e-Kafoor and Taus Chaman ki Maina. Recipient of the Presidential Certificate of honour in 1997 for "outstanding contribution to Persian," Naiyer Masud has received the Katha Award for Creative Fiction twice,in 1993 and 1997.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sagaree Sengupta
Sagaree Sengupta is an independent writer, translator; poet and scholar. She holds a PhD in Asian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught numerous courses at the Universities of Pennsylyania, Texas and Wisconsin. She has translated poems, short stories and novels from Hindi, Urdu and Bengali. Currently, she teaches at Bates College, Maine.
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