Mridula Sinha Ki Lokpriya Kahaniyan (A Treasury of Mridula Sinhas Popular Stories)

Every person and family we meet, every situation that comes to life, and every natural scenery we pass before us, yearn to be captured by the writers pen. A constant competition between the writers mind and the pen. All stories are in a state of me first, then me first. The mind stores so many stories, and the pen puts so many on paper. Over nearly forty decades, during extensive travels within the country and abroad, Ive met thousands of people. Every corner of the country and every person has the energy to become the subject of literature. A village on the banks of a remote, dry river is mourning with the river, while thousands of villages nestled along gushing rivers and surging seas tell their own stories of vitality. Somewhere, fields sway with crops, a farmer stands joyfully on the ridge, watching the raindrops, and somewhere, a farmer in a torn dhoti stands on the ridge of his cracked field, his eyes fixed on the sky for drops of rain. Daughters rushing to set foot on land, water, and sky. A father overjoyed by their achievements. A couple picking up grains scattered by the familys breakdown. A manly effort that defies his disability. People cradling Lakshmi in their home, sometimes reaching for the sky, sometimes clinging to the earth. Inequalities everywhere, but also equality everywhere. This is the underlying theme of the stories of renowned author Mrs. Mridula Sinha. This collection contains stories that set the standard for her popularity.