Shiuli Ki Gandh Aur Anya Kahaniyan

If you have seen the world with open eyes, observed life and people without prejudice, then as a writer you possess a vast wealth of experience. This collection of Taslima Nasreens stories, Shiuli Ki Smell Aur Anya Kahaniyaan, is a remarkable achievement of her experience-rich writing. It is also an achievement of her thinking, of her independent vision, which is visible in every line of these stories. She never let the suffering of women escape her gaze, and it is ironic that she found women suffering the same pain in every corner of the world, which is a reality. The stories in Shiuli Ki Smell Aur Anya Kahaniyaan also feature many women from India and abroad who are suffering in their own ways, yet their search for self continues, they never let the flame of their desire for freedom and peace die out. Just as women are in their suffering, men are in their pride of power and pleasure in sadism. With a few exceptions, they are the same all over the world. Be it Johan, the Swedish husband of Chailai from Thailand, or Idris Ali, the seventy-seven-year-old husband of teenage Shiuli, and then several husbands, older and more cruelto all of them, she is both a servant and a sex slave. Shiuli, sold eleven times by her brothers to eleven old men This collection contains twenty-four stories by Taslima Nasreen. Each story opens the door to a different world and surprises you with its courage and frankness.