Anaro and other Stories

Translated from the Hindi by the author herself, here are stories of women, men and children – all wrestling with life, not from positions of strength, but nevertheless holding on to their dreams. From the unforgettable, feisty portrait of Anaro who refuses to be cowed down even in the face of unending drudgery or Taiji who is condemned as ‘kabaad’ by her family, but finds solace in her affection for Mangto, the kabadiwallah, to the tender tale of friendship between Babeji and the tandoorwala – they all bear the perceptiveness, compassion and ingenuity of a gifted storyteller.