The Indian Short Story in English, 1835 -2008

The genre referred to as the Indian short story in English is more expansive and faithful to the nuances of a multicultural, diverse nation like India than the Indian novel in English. This genre has produced abundant creative variety but limited critical appraisal.The Indian Short Story in English, the first wide ranging study of its kind, addresses this need. This book studies collections of short stories against changing social and political mores, recording how human nature reacts to as well influences events. Each chapter is period-based and gives pen portrait of authors and their works. The book is an enduring and indispensable resource for lay readers, students, bloggers and research scholars.

The genre referred to as the Indian short story in English is more expansive and faithful to the nuances of a multicultural, diverse nation like India than the Indian novel in English. This genre has produced abundant creative variety but limited critical appraisal.The Indian Short Story in English, the first wide ranging study of its kind, addresses this need. This book studies collections of short stories against changing social and political mores, recording how human nature reacts to as well influences events. Each chapter is period-based and gives pen portrait of authors and their works. The book is an enduring and indispensable resource for lay readers, students, bloggers and research scholars.

Murli Melwani taught English Literature at Sankardev College, Shillong, India, before making a mid-career change to head an export company in Taiwan. He moved to the U.S. in 2005, after 25 years in Taiwan. His published work includes “Stories of a Salesman” Writers Workshop 1967(a second edition appeared in 1979), a play in Three Acts. “Deep Roots,” 1973, and a book of criticism, “Themes in the Indian Short Story in English: An Historical and a Critical Survey”(2009) . He is a two-time nominee for the Pushcart Prize, in 2012 and 2013. One of my stories made the list of “storySouth Million Writers Award notable stories of 2012”. Another was nominated for “Best of the Net2013” prize run by Sundress Publications,USA. A third, first published in a U.S magazine, was included in the “2013 New Asian Short Story Anthology”. He lives in Plano, Texas, and is an occasional contributor to The Dallas Morning News