Starting with a horror story by Rabindranath Tagore and ending with a fable by Kanishk Tharoor, the literary masterpieces in this book depict the exceptional range and diversity of our storytelling tradition. The first identifiably modern Indian short stories were written in Bengal in the later part of the nineteenth century and writers from other regions also followed this path, opening up new possibilities for more forms of literature, often using them to fight against colonial harassment and the numerous ills affecting rural and urban India. In this title, you will find stories of classical realism, few rooted in folklore and a few more in myth, tales of fantasy, humour, horror, crime and romance, stories set in villages, small towns, cities and even the moon. They will endearingly compel you to see the world in a whole new light.