Truth Tales: Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India
Alexander, Meena / Kali for Women
The rich popular tradition of India's women writers is finally available in this collection of short stories translated from seven of the country's languages. The writers and their heroines reflect the complex mosaic of Indian life-they are old and young, rural and urban, rich and poor. Here we meet Muniyakka, called "walkie-talkie" because she mutters to herself, Shakun, the dollmaker, an exploited artist who needs to feel that others depend ...