Selected from at least twelve Indian languages, the stories in this volume span nearly the entire twentieth century and feature a diverse range of writers, including Saratchandra Chatterjee, Premchand, Ismat Chughtai, Vaikom M. Basheer, N. S. Madhavan, Anand and Jayanta De, Ashfaq Ahmad, Abdul Bismillah, Fakir M. Katpadi, and Thoppil M. Meeran.