This book shows how realism in twentieth-century Indian literature functioned as a mode of experimentation and aesthetic innovation.
The peversities of the Maharaja of Karmgarh State evokes the people's wrath against him . ... 12 In The Memoirs of A Maharaja's Mistress ( 1943 ) , published anonymously , Raja Vilas Singh sleeps with the mother and entraps the daughter ...
There was one small waterfall I rather liked . ... The water fell about thirty feet into a small pool . ... and I was afraid that Sunil , for want of companionship , would go in search of more mundane distractions .
INDIRA MUKHERJEE , the translator of the story , has a degree in journalism and has also an MPhil in Political Science . She has been a lecturer at Nagpur University and at the Indira Gandhi National Open University .
These are striking vignettes from all parts of the country, evocative of different lifestyles yet reflective of common issues and problems with which we can all identify.
"In a small town by the river Nila, a thirty-five-year-old writer kills herself.