This book is a work of translation, from Odia to English, of a few short stories collected from the immense body of writings by eminent Odia writer Surendra Mohanty. Kaleidoscopic in nature, it exudes a multiplicity of themes including mythological, social, political and personal. The anthology contains tales based on Buddhist mythology, on episodes from the great Indian epic The Mahabharata while some others are based on personal, social and political...