Contents
| Editor’s Note | xi | |
| The Long Short | xiii | |
| 1 | MAHASWETA DEVI 1 Seed Translated from the Bengali by Ipshita Chanda |
1 |
| 2 | CHETAN RAJ SHRESTHA The King’s Harvest |
30 |
| 3 | NIRMAL VERMA Signs Translated from the Hindi by Pratik Kanjilal |
91 |
| 4 | BOLWAR MAHAMAD KUNHI Period of Mourning Translated from the Kannada by Keerti Ramachandra |
105 |
| 5 | HABIB KAMRAN Bulbuls Translated from the Kashmiri by Neerja Mattoo |
120 |
| 6 | 6. K. R. MEERA The Deepest Blue Translated from the Malayalam by J. Devika |
147 |
| 7 | SHRIPAD NARAYAN PENDSE Jumman Translated from the Marathi by Shanta Gokhale |
166 |
| 8 | KAMALAKANTA MOHAPATRA The Witch Translated from the Odia by Leelawati Mohapatra & Paul St. Pierre |
202 |
| 9 | WARYAM SINGH SANDHU The Fourth Direction Translated from the Punjabi by Nirupama Dutt |
235 |
| 10 | GOPIKRISHNAN A Place to Live Translated from the Tamil by Vasantha Surya |
252 |
| 11 | .KOLAKALURI ENOCH Hunger Translated from the Telugu by C. L. L. Jayaprada |
265 |
| 12 | .ISMAT CHUGHTAI Lingering Fragrance Translated from the Urdu by Tahira Naqvi |
278 |
| Notes to the Stories | 307 | |
| 13 | Notes on the Authors | 309 |
| 14 | Notes on the Translators | 313 |
