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Classics of Modern Indian Literature (Selected Short Stories)

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Item Code: HAJ546
Publisher: Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.
Author: Rajinder Singh Bedi
Language: English
Edition: 2022
ISBN: 9780143455073
Pages: 333
Cover: PAPERBACK
Other Details 8.00 X 5.00 inch
Weight 250 gm
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About the Book
Rajinder Singh Bedi: Selected Short Stories curates some of the best work by the Urdu writer, whose contribution to Urdu fiction makes him a pivotal force within modern Indian literature. Born in Sialkot, Punjab, Rajinder Singh Bedi (1915-1984) lived many lives-as a student and postmaster in Lahore, a venerated screenwriter for popular Hindi films and a winner of both the Sahitya Akademi as well as the Filmfare awards. Considered one of the prominent progressive writers of modern Urdu fiction, Bedi was an architect of contemporary Urdu writing along with leading lights such as Munshi Premchand and Saadat Hasan Manto.

Written between 1940 and 1975, the fifteen short stories included in this collection comprise favourites like 'Garam Coat' (Woollen Coat). 'Lajwanti', 'Apne Dukh Mujhe De Do' (Give Me Your Sorrows), "Rahman ke Joote' (Rahman's Shoes).

About the Authors
Gopi Chand Narang (1931-2022) was a leading Urdu scholar and critic who made seminal contributions to literature, literary criticism and linguistics. He was president of Sahitya Akademi (2003-2007) and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2004.

Surinder Deol is an author and a literary translator. He has published translations of Urdu poets such as Ghalib, Mir Taqi Mir, Sahir, Faiz and others.

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