Stories of Joginder Paul

Joginder Paul is one of the most significant voice of contemporary Urdu fiction. He brings to his work the expression of fresh experience and his fiction throbs with meaning, excels in artistic restrain and comes alive with all the simplicity and complexity of life itself. This collection selected by the author himself includes the sensitive narration of a rag-picker’s life in the story Back Lane, the pulsating experiences of a doe delivering a baby in the wilds of Kenya in Harambe, the magical realism of life shared by the living and the dead in Khodu Baba ka Maqbara, as also insightful portrayals of the consumerist and oppressive world in many stories.