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Waiting for Neelkanth and Other Stories
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning collection of 12 Dogri short stories relating to universal human suffering at the personal, social and psychological levels.
75 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2017
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February 11, 2021
My heart and my mind now scarred with these sad stories.
This is a collection of Sahitya Academy award winning 12 Dogri short stories.
Overall, the stories depict the lives of common people; their hardships and the difficulties of the society we live in.
Also, some of the stories how families get broken and lives get ruined because of strangers and outsiders when we do not believe in ourselves and trust the wrong people.
***Warnings for assault, violence and vulgar language
*Contents:
1. Lingering Fear (Pathari)4 🌟
2. The Sin of My Street (Meri Gali da Paap) 3 🌟
3. The Unwelcome Guest (Oh) 5 🌟
4. The Cuckoo's Call (Kook) 4 🌟
5. Running (Dorh) 4 🌟
6. The Death of a Man (Ik Aadmi di Maut) 5 🌟
7. Apology (Maafi) 3 🌟
8. Two Pairs of Shoes (Jorey) 5 🌟
*One of my favourite
9. The Serpent (Sapp) 4 🌟
10. The Hanging Corpse (Ik Lamkadi Loth) 5 🌟
11. Waiting For Neelkanth (Dudh! Lahu! Zehr!) 4 🌟
12. Shaenkri's Old Man (Shaenkari da Budda) 3 🌟
*The endings of most of these stories get confusing at times and need more explanation. Open endings do not serve well for such stories I feel.
Well written, well translated, well etched out characters. Every story is different and unique, quite dark and meaningful.
This is a collection of Sahitya Academy award winning 12 Dogri short stories.
Overall, the stories depict the lives of common people; their hardships and the difficulties of the society we live in.
Also, some of the stories how families get broken and lives get ruined because of strangers and outsiders when we do not believe in ourselves and trust the wrong people.
***Warnings for assault, violence and vulgar language
*Contents:
1. Lingering Fear (Pathari)4 🌟
2. The Sin of My Street (Meri Gali da Paap) 3 🌟
3. The Unwelcome Guest (Oh) 5 🌟
4. The Cuckoo's Call (Kook) 4 🌟
5. Running (Dorh) 4 🌟
6. The Death of a Man (Ik Aadmi di Maut) 5 🌟
7. Apology (Maafi) 3 🌟
8. Two Pairs of Shoes (Jorey) 5 🌟
*One of my favourite
9. The Serpent (Sapp) 4 🌟
10. The Hanging Corpse (Ik Lamkadi Loth) 5 🌟
11. Waiting For Neelkanth (Dudh! Lahu! Zehr!) 4 🌟
12. Shaenkri's Old Man (Shaenkari da Budda) 3 🌟
*The endings of most of these stories get confusing at times and need more explanation. Open endings do not serve well for such stories I feel.
Well written, well translated, well etched out characters. Every story is different and unique, quite dark and meaningful.
Displaying 1 of 1 review