Third Earth and Other Short Stories

About Third Earth and Other Short Stories

These thought provoking short stories are documents of ambitions and frustrations faith and treachery, tranquility and turmoil and the concerns and conflicts so very common to life around us. The characters picked up from amongst us tell familiar tales, though with sensitivity and artistry peculiar to the author. All these stories, published originally in Hindi in prestigious periodicals had made waves which accorded the author a place among the foremost women writers in Hindi. These stories have been deftly translated into English by competent and ingenious transtators. Dr. Aruna Sitesh (1945-2007) taught English Literature for thirty years and was the Principal of Indraprastha College, Delhi University, for a decade until the last day of her life. A Fulbright Fellow (1991-92) at the University of Chicago and visiting scholar (1993) at Rockefeller Study Centre, Bellagio, Italy, she co-edited Pratibha India for about 24 years. While most of her creative writing, comprising six short story collections, was in Hindi she published another six volumes of critical studies, edited works, etc. in English. Her short story Teesari Dharati figures in the anthology of immortal hindi. Short stories by women writers, currently under publication by Sahitya Akadami. The honours and awards she received include Kriti Samman of Hindi Santhan, U.P. government, and Indira Priyadarshani Award for all round excellence.