الإنجليزية 1436

A guest with epic gastric trouble, the besieged political campaigner, the cruel critic, the secret murderer, the homophobic ruffians, the reluctant nude model, the talking dog, the frustrated illustrator, the grandfather who pined for the home he lost...Gautam Benegal's short stories are peopled with characters we almost recognize - a neighbour, an uncle, a niece - bringing alive the Calcutta of the early '90s. There is an old-world charm to the world he creates, but one that is shot through with darkness. There is a political pulse running through the whole, informed by Benegal's own preoccupations with gender and class and his keen interest in people and the workings of their minds. Yet, there is a lightness of touch here, a desire to engage the reader in a story, or indeed a twist in the tale.Darkly witty stories about life's little ups and downs, the fleeting things that happen on the sidelines of the big events.