EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SHORT STORIES

Edited by Dr P V Laxmiprasad, 'The Heterogeneity of Story Writing' offers a deep dive into the short stories of eight contemporary Indian writers, featuring forty-three insightful articles and interviews with prominent authors. This critical compilation highlights emerging voices in Indian literature, providing a valuable resource for future research.

- RUPALI SETHI

"The Heterogeneity of Story Writing" (2015), edited by Dr. P. V. Laxmiprasad, is an exquisite compilation of forty-three articles contributed by thirty-two critics on the short stories of eight Indian writers, making it substantial and diverse, both in variety and range. In addition to the articles, there are three inclusive interviews with three of the story writers: the editor has interviewed P. C. K. Prem and P. Raja; and Jaydeep Sarangi is in conversation with Basavaraj Naikar. In addition to the above-mentioned three short story writers (the interviewees), the other five names are Nalini Sharma, Rita Nath Keshari, Pronab Kumar Majumder, Anil K. Sharma, and Aju Mukhopadhyay. The editor has provided readers with a brief biographical sketch of all eight short story writers,