Contemporary Urdu Short Stories from Kolkata (P.B)

Stories from Kolkata are often assumed to be about bhadralok culture and the Bengali way of life. But Kolkata is a city with a multiplicity of stories to share. Contemporary Urdu Short Stories from Kolkata highlights the diversity of recent Urdu short stories from the city. In one story, a writer trying to escape the city seeks to find the reason why the railway clock has stopped working. In another, a new friendship sours as soon as it blossoms, while some other stories explore the complexity of human relationships. There is an experiment in abstraction, and legend and reality are brought together when three sleepers of an earlier civilisation wake up in the modern world. Dealing with love and loss, dreams and reality, as well as history and violence, this collection encompasses the full spectrum of human experience, viewed through the eyes of contemporary Urdu writers from Kolkata.