Including short stories and poems from a number of regional Indian languages along with a substantial introduction, the anthology focuses on the importanceof age in an individual's identity that is complex, fragmented, multiple, andconflictual. INDICE: Introduction; 1: HOMES, BELONGINGS:; Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyaya, 'Drabomoyee Goes to Kashi'; Ayyappa Paniker, 'The Old Woman in the New House'; Chaganti Tulasi, 'Sun-stroke'; Ismat Chughtai, 'Tiny's Granny'; Nahal Chaman, 'The Womb'; 2.: GENERATIONS:; Nemade Bhalchandra, 'Granny'; S. Diwakar, 'The Vow'; H.R. Harnot, 'Ma Reads'; Rohinton Mistry, 'Family Matters'; Vasanthi, 'Murder'; Gyanranjan, 'Father'; 3.: POVERTY, DISLOCATION, ABANDONMENT:; Rituraj, 'An Old Man Buying Apples for his Son'; Ajit Cour, 'Maami'; Arun Kolatkar, 'An Old Woman'; Bhisham Sahni, 'Chacha Mangal Sain'; Amitav Ghosh, 'Winter in Calcutta'; 4.: LOVE, SEXUALITY, TRANSGRESSION:; Girish Karnad, 'Yayati'; Pratibha Ray, 'The Transgression'; Priyamvad, 'The Bed'; Sara Rai, 'Honeymoon'; 5.: MEMORY, MADNESS, NATION:; Abdul Bismillah, 'The Second Shock'; Ved Rahi, 'Deserted'; Saadat Hasan Manto, 'Khuda ki Kasam'; Dhoomil, 'The City, Evening, and an Old Man: Me'; T. Janakiraman, 'The Puppet'; Krishna Baldev Vaid, 'Our Old Woman'; 6.: LIVING, DYING:; Bijay Prasad Mahapatra, 'Unseasonal Pineapple'; K. Satchidanandan, 'Genesis'; Dilip Chitre, 'Death of Grandmother'; O.V. Vijayan, 'Going Back' o Buddhadeva Bose, 'The Aged Poet'; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements
- ISBN: 978-0-19-568958-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 284
- Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés