Land of Five RiversKhushwant Singh Stories by the best known writers from Punjab selected and translated by Khushwant Singh. The stories reflect the culture and ethos of life in Punjab. Ajeet Caur Amrita Pritam Balwant Gargi Balwant Singh Gulzar Singh Sandhu Gurmukh Singh Jeet Kartar Singh Duggal Khushwant Singh Khwaja Ahmed Abbas Krishan Chander Krishen Singh Dhodi Kulwant Singh Virk Rajinder Singh Bedi Saadat Hasan Manto Santokh Singh Dhir Satindra Singh Upendra Nath Ashk Yashpal |
Contents
Introduction by Khushwant Singh | 9 |
Stench of Kerosene by Amrita Pritam | 20 |
Lajwanti by Rajinder Singh Bedi | 27 |
A Hundred Mile Race by Balwant Gargi | 40 |
The Night of the Full Moon by Kartar Singh Duggal | 49 |
Hunger by Krishen Singh Dhodi | 57 |
Gods on Trial by Gulzar Singh Sandhu | 64 |
The Death of Shaikh Burhanuddin by K A Abbas | 72 |
The Mahabharata Retold by Satindra Singh | 85 |
Tai Eesree by Krishen Chander | 92 |
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asked Babaji Bachana Singh bangles Baroo beard beauty began Bishen Singh Boota bride brother butter Chamba charpoy chillum courtyard daughter Delbis Delhi door duppatta Eesree Eesreeās eyes face father Fazal Din feet felt Ghulam Rasul girl Guleri gurdwara Guru Gyaniji hair hand Hansen Hazara Singh head heard heart Hindu husband Inder India Jullundur Kapoor Keshi Khanna Khushwant Singh kirpan knew Kundan Lahore Lajo Lajwanti leave lived looked lunatics Madhukar Malan Manak Minnie Mohalla Moola Singh morning mother Muslims Neera never night Nihangs Noora once Pakistan passenger Punjabi Rahmte replied road round Saadat Sardarji Shahi Mohalla Sikh smile someone Soorma Singh suddenly Sundar Singh Sunder Lal tai Eesree talk thought Toba Tek Singh tonga took turban turned Uncle Bodh Raj Upendra Nath Ashk Vashisht village voice wanted wedding wife woman women words yelled