The stories in this collection are drawn from the rich oral narrative tradition of the Indian subcontinent, on sources as diverse as the Katha Sagar, Puranic lore, Sufi legends, Jataka tales, Kissa-kahani and dastan, as well as Intizar Husain’s own training and experience as a veteran newspaper man. In story after story he seeks to retrieve the past, to see it better, to understand it, may be even learn from it. Taken together, they cover a gamut of emotions — nostalgia for a world left behind in India, angst for the amputated ‘other’ abandoned in the former East Pakistan, concern over the two emerging nuclear powers, a cathartic re-purging of his own Shia Muslim legacy and much more.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Intizar Husain
Intizar Husain is a well-known journalist, short story writer, and novelist who lives in Lahore, Pakistan. He is considered to be one of the most prolific and talented of Pakistani writers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rakhshanda Jalil
Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature, culture and heritage. She has published over 15 books. Some of them include: two edited collections of short stories, She was co-editor of Third Frame, a journal devoted out by the Cambridge University Press.
She runs an prganization valled Hindustani Awaz, devoted to the popularisation of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture. Rakhshanda Jalil writes on issues of literature, culture and heritage. She has published over 15 books. Some of them include: two edited collections of short stories, She was co-editor of Third Frame, a journal devoted out by the Cambridge University Press.
She runs an prganization valled Hindustani Awaz, devoted to the popularisation of Hindi-Urdu literature and culture.
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