A REMARKABLE READ

Critical Spectrum: The Short Stories of P. Raja is the collection of twentyseven critical essays on the story writings of P. Raja who has four story collections to his credit.

- PROF DR NAVNEET KAUR

P.V.Laxmiprasad, an acclaimed Indian author has edited this book with a remarkable literary acumen.

It is to the credit of Dr Laxmiprasad that he has brought into limelight a story writer next to Manoj Das and Ruskin Bond. As a writer, P. Raja who hails from Pondicherry has fifty published books to his credit.

He has three thousand publications in the form of poems, stories, one-act plays and History of Pondicherry. He is the recipient of several awards. Pondicherry University awarded him "the Best Writer Award" and the Governor of Pondicherry honored him with the Creative Writer's award.

Indians are, no doubt, great story tellers. P. Raja is a worthy successor to Ruskin Bond and Manoj Das. In fact, everyone tells stories in their everyday life. Story-writing is essential to being human. Animals do not tell stories to each other.