In Search of the Indian Village: Stories and Reports captures the essence of rural India through the country's finest short fiction, commentary, scholarship, and reportage. In 'The Blue Umbrella', Ruskin Bond weaves a heart-warming tale of friendship set in a quaint Himalayan village. 'Seed' by Mahasweta Devi is a searing account of the hierarchies of caste while Vijaydan Detha's 'Countless Hitlers' describes a violent race for power on...