Sunahari Ungaliyan

Golden Fingers is a collection of stories filled with the joys and sorrows, passions and hatreds, laughter and joy, the will to live, and all the experiences of the working people. Our world, adorned with beautiful and magnificent relics of our glorious past, inspires us that life always flows, people come and go, but amidst this flow of life, the creative achievements of the working peoples skills and craftsmanship always remain. We have been preserving them for generations. The stories in this collection feature many characters with excellent skills. Stories like Aanchal Ke Beej and Golden Fingers, along with stories like Shiraz Lohar and Phulwa, feature such lively characters who highlight Indias composite culture. Furthermore, the complex social structure in many of the stories in the collection brings readers closer to the characters vitality. Notable among such stories are Aalava, Sabood, Fitrat, Crocian Nooses, Khoof, and Rampuri Knife. In Nasira Sharmas stories, the complexities of the Indian psyche are assimilated with the familial structure of human relationships. From here, under the influence of Ganga-Jamuni culture, stories like Evergreen Flower, The Distance Between Heaven and Hell, Eidi, The Smell of a New Color, and Pond in the Palm are created, which uphold social harmony. This collection of Nasira Sharmas stories, coming after twenty years, reflects the social movements of the past, and the plot craft and flow of narrative language in these stories are a gift to her readers.