The Greatest Punjabi Stories Ever Told

The Greatest Punjabi Stories Ever Told Features Some Of The Best Short Fiction To Emerge From Punjab Over The Last Century. Covering Four Generations Of Punjabi Writers, The Anthology Includes Celebrated Storytellers Such As Gurbaksh Singh, Balwant Gargi, Sant Singh Sekhon, And Amrita Pritam As Well As Accomplished Contemporary Writers Like Ajmer Sidhu, Sarghi, And Jatinder Singh Hans.The Themes Covered In These Stories Are Diverse And Wide-Ranging. Ajeet CourS Green Sparrows And Ram Sarup AnkhiS That Woman! Plunge Into The Breakdown Of Family Relationships. Kartar Singh DuggalS Majha Is Not Dead, Sukhwant Kaur MannS The Survivors, And Gulzar Singh SandhuS Hopes Shattered Probe Urban And Rural Lives In The Region. Mohinder Singh SarnaS Savage Harvest, Sujaan SinghS Sunrise At Last, And Gurdev Singh RupanaS The Wind Explore The Partition And Its Violent AftermathEvents That Shaped Modern Punjab. Stories Such As Nanak SinghS Bowl Of Milk, Gurbachan Singh BhullarS I Am Not Ghaznavi, Bachint KaurS Eradicator Of Suffering, And SukiratS Home Probe The Human Psyche In Times Of Crisis. Patriotism, Martyrdom, And State Repression Are Also Explored: Gurmukh Singh MusafirS Daughter Of The Rebel Is The Story Of An Ailing Girl Who Fights For The Freedom Of The Country In Her Own Way; Kulwant Singh VirkS The Proverbial Bullock Shows How Martyrdom Is Always Around The Corner For Our Soldiers; And Kesra RamS Whither My Native Land Brings To The Fore The Brutality Encountered By Migrant Workers During The Covid-19 Pandemic.Taken Together, The Thirty Stories In This Anthology Capture The Essence Of PunjabiyatWhat It Means To Be PunjabiAnd Present A Unique Portrait Of The Land And Its People.