Puffin Treasury of Modern Indian Stories

by Mala Dayal (edited by)

The puffin treasury of modern indian stories is a unique collection of stories and excerpts written by master storytellers it represents for the first time the richness and range of writing for children in india during the twentieth century from ruskin bond’s humorous ‘snake trouble’ and vikram seth’s animal fable in verse the elephant and the tragopan’, to salman rushdie’s fantasy haroun and the sea of stories’ and satyajit ray’s gripping tale the hungry septopus’, this anthology has a vibrant mix of styles and forms with spectacular illustrations by a host of the most talented artists working today, this anthology will delight both children and adults contributors paro anand margaret bhatty pankaj bisht ruskin bond anita desai shashi deshpande shama futehally mala marwah arvind krishan mehrotra dhan gopal mukerji meenakshi mukherjee rk narayan premchand sara rai shanta rameshwar rao hemangini ranade satyajit ray salman rushdie bhisham sahni poile sengupta subhadra sen gupta vikram seth khushwant singh kalpana swaminathan

Genres: India, Literature, Short Stories

194 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Atharva · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book will leave you in awe , in wonder , that how can such a book fail so miserably. The first impression about this book was really well . The quality of the pages was good , the font and overall presentation was up to my expectations. But the thing that really bugged me was the first thing we buy a book for , the stories , the content . Except for a few stories like 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘴 and 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘪𝘥 , the others were boring beyond my wildest imagination . They had no good build up , the creativity was equal to none (some made the Lockdown look cheerful ), and the endings of some were so obvious that you may wonder whether the book was printed on 1st April. (other two good stories included from the full novel are 𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 and 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 but better to read those full novels)


Regarding the illustrations , all the chapters had illustrations which ranged from good to remarkable . In some cases , the stories were better due to the illustrations

TL;DR : If you want to buy a book to pass your time , or to improving your literature , there are many out there which are way better than this and provide real entertainment .

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting collection of stories.