Indian Short Stories

Priscilla putters along in her usual life of bridge and gossip and coffee shops and shopping at the local markets in the small Indian town where she lives, until one morning, the mysterious man known only as the Pharsee gives her a box. The thing is filthy, twitchy and just plain wrong...but no matter what Priscilla tries, or how many cleaning boys she fires, she simply cannot get rid of it.

முற்போக்கு இலக்கியம் முதன்மையான நடைமுறையாக இருந்த காலப் பகுதியில் எழுத்தில் ஈடுபட்டவர் பஷீர். 'ஜீவன் சாஹித்ய பிரஸ்தானம்' (வாழ்விலக்கிய இயக்கம்) என்று அழைக்கப்பட்ட போக்கைப் பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தியவர்கள் பஷீர், தகழி சிவசங்கர பிள்ளை, பி. கேசவதேவ், பொன்குன்னம் வர்க்கி ஆகியோர். இவர்களின் எழுத்தில் புதுவகையை உருவாக்கியவர் பஷீர். நடைமுறை உலகை மாற்றிப் புதிய உலகைச் சமைப்பதற்கான அறைகூவலைப் பிற எழுத்தாளர்கள் முன்னிருத்தினர்.

Jewish identity. Perhaps, no other socio-psychological phenomena has gone through so many shifts, tribulations, elation, and changes. Jewish identity and experiences have been a source of much intellectual interest and discussion for philosophers and literary geniuses in the history of humanity, such as Hillel, St. Paul, Ibn Ezra, Maimonides, Calvin, Mann, Levinas, Herzl, etc. In this fine tradition and in the class of such geniuses, H. C. Kim has produced a volume of literature that will certainly rank among the most elite in the genre.

Before a week had passed, the place began to exert a weird fascination upon me. It is difficult to describe or to induce people to believe; but I felt as if the whole house was like a living organism slowly and imperceptibly digesting me by the action of some stupefying gastric juice. Perhaps the process had begun as soon as I set my foot in the house, but I distinctly remember the day on which I first was conscious of it.

Dorothy, a First Nations Elder on a remote reserve buys a military grade tank off the Internet; which starts the rumor mill as people try to figure out why she has one.

I am Indian. He is African. I know nothing of him, yet he’s my husband. I don’t know what his interests are. I don’t know the sound of his voice. I don’t even know what he looks like. I am worried about this marriage. Will he love me? Will I love him? Most importantly I wonder if the rumors are true about African men. If he is big…and can I handle that much man? My Arranged Marriage is a short erotic interracial romance. It is for mature readers only.