Twenty class short stories, revised edition that includes new stories by RK Narayana, Avinash Dola and Ismat Chughtai. Other stories include those by Bhisham Sahni, Raja Rao, Anantha Murthy, Anita Desai, Premendra Mitra, Gangadhar Gadgil, Mowni, OV Vijayan and Devanuru Mahadevas. English stories as well as several translated from Indian reigonal languages. A substantial introduction to Modern India.