About the book:
This is a short story collection in Hindi language written by well known Hindi writer Kamla Kant Tripathi (कमला कान्त त्रिपाठी).
Review(non-spoiler):
There are about 6 short stories in the book all sharing some common elements.
First, all of them are primarily based on the Indian village life around the time of independence. These villages are mostly based in Uttar Pradesh(UP). Language used also contains local elements of UP villages.
Then, all the stories depict tragedies in lives of the common people who reside in these villages. Weaving around the tragedies, the stories show us quite effectively the basic human nature.
Overall, the stories are such that they might make you cry. You might not be able to relate to them sometimes as they are based in a very remote time and remote locations and mostly remote culture. (Remote culture because most of us don't have close familiarity to Indian village life. Further, if you are reading this, then in all universes you are not sitting in some Indian village!!)
However, one complaint you might have for the book is the similarity of the stories in the novel. Sometimes, theme looks the same and sometimes the tone.
List of Stories:
Sarhad
Janaki Bua
