No one surveying literature in English of the 21 st century could ignore this selection. Not since Rudyard Kipling has here been such a collection of stories about India (and its neighbours) of such quality and insight.This selection of twenty-five sparkling stories bookmarks both the unity and the diversity of this part of the world . The range and sweep of this short fiction anthology memorably documents the dilemmas, the hopes and hurts, the teeming narratives of South Asia.