Reviews for Khushwant Singh selects best Indian short stories

The average rating for Khushwant Singh selects best Indian short stories based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-11-04 00:00:00 Jhamari Nevitt Khushwant Singh does a fine editorial job with selecting of some of the best short stories and the writers. On one side there are all time favourites like Ismat Chugtai, Mulk Raj Anand, Ruskin Bond, Amrita Pritam and Rajinder Singh Bedi. And on the other there are some fine discoveries (they were there but not known to me) like Qurratulain Haider, Krishan Chander, Suresh Chopra, Shashi Deshpande, Wendy Fernandes, Balwant Gargi and Abdul Jabbar. I liked particularly the stories by Qurratulain Haider, they were as vintage and classic as their times. I loved the innocent narration by a child in 'Memories of an Indian childhood' and 'My Aunt Gracie' and hope and simplicity in 'A candle for St Jude' and 'Honour'. He is definitely going to my list of favourite short story writers. Other stories which made a mark were 'Hijra' by Abdul Jabbar - a poignant and true depiction of God's creation.. 'It was Dark' by Shashi Despande a truthful and stark naked depiction… 'Mataji and the Hippies' is funny and interesting… and 'The Brinjal cut out' by Krishan Chander is witty take on our society. Read it and you will not regret it…

Review # 2 was written on 2008-12-07 00:00:00 Nancy Cisler An interesting collection of stories leading one to the ultimate truth: Your dustbin is spying on you and its not because your mad or because you drink too much Jim Bean.