Kashmiri Short Stories

The short story emerged in the Kashmiri language in 1950 as a literary form distinct from the centuries, old folk tale, fable and parable. During the past forty-six years, it has been accepting the influence of all the experiments in the technique of the shorter fiction. The three distinguishable phases in Kashmiri short story faithfully reflect the changing life patterns of the Kashmiris and the related cultural framework. Through a spectrum of characters and events the twenty five short stories in this volume image the subjective reality of the individuals as well as the social ambience that circumscribes them.

Stories by Dr. Harikrishna Kaul Harikrishna Kaul is one of the major Kashmiri playwrights of the modern era. He started his literary career during his college days in early fifties, writing short stories in Hindi. He continued writing in Hindi till mid-sixties when he switched to writing in Kashmiri and immediately established himself as a major Kashmiri playwright and short story writer.  >>>		Hatim's Tales These stories and songs were recited to Sir Auren Stein in June and July, 1896, at Mohand Marg, in Kashmir, by Hatim Tilawon, of Panzil, in the Sind Valley, a cultivator and professional story-teller. >>>
Autumn Leaves: Kashmiri Reminiscences Kashmir has a unique tradition of recording history. This book, in this tradition, presents the intimate life of a Kashmiri in the post-independence era. Such a personal story is a rarity in India. Ram Nath Kak draws compelling vignettes of everyday life; a hard childhood, life as a government official, drama of the war with Pakistan, meetings with mystics, and so on. >>>		Folk Tales from Kashmir Nine hundred years ago a remarkable collection of stories called Kathasaritsagara, the ''Ocean of Stories", was produced in Kashmir. Somadeva, its author, is said to have included in this tome many stories which he had heard from others and which, in fact, had their origin in folk-literature. >>>
Ticklish Stories Plain narrations, conflicting psyches, clashes of self-interest fool-hardiness of conceit and egoism, heights of human attachments, potential confusion and chaos inheriting all misunderstandings and mischief as against the wisdom of sincerity of purpose and fearless frankness; and above all illiterate's intelligence versus the experts stark-ignorance are some of the problems highlighted in these twenty-one odd stories.   >>>		Pentachord 5 Short Stories for the Young by M.K. Raina. >>>
Deepak Budki Deepak Budki is a renowned Urdu short story writer. He started writing short stories in 1971. His first short story "Salma" was published in the Daily Hamdard, Srinagar. One of his short stories 'Reyzey' was televised by Doordarshan Srinagar. >>>		Miscellaneous Sugar and Spice and all things nice