Countryside Tales: Short Stories From Rural Punjab

<p>An interesting literary journey back in time capturing ” within the breathtaking stories ” the joys and sorrows thrills and disappointments of growing up in rural Punjab.</p><p>Bhupendras stories bring out the simplicity sensibilities vibrancy languor humour and irony in lives from the Punjab countryside.</p><p>Countryside Tales is the closest you can get to the Malgudi Days of Punjab.</p><p>Bhupendras powerful narratives transport the readers back in time to that place and situation where they become a part of the action and emotion. One can visualise the scenes so clearly that the feeling is of actually being present there.</p><p>Great memories narrated with utter simplicity. Bhupendra really has an amazing talent for bringing alive the people he wrIt's about ” and that too with crystal clear precision.</p><p>Bhupendra Dogra exhibits a great skill of transmuting personal memories into an impersonal and universal art. While reading the stories I felt like a toddler once again in the company of my young and muscular dad working in the fields in the village.</p><p>Bhupendras stories capture the mood and aura of a bygone era perfectly. They remind me of R.K. Narayans short stories especially Swami & his Friends!</p><p>Bhupendra is an amazingly gifted writer¦ a master story teller who is unbeatable in narrating and converting simple incidents into interesting stories.</p><p>A raconteur par excellence.</p><p>Bhupendras relationship with his father must have been very very special. His abidinglovefor his father peeps through every word he wrIt's about him.</p><p>Intensely engaging some of the best short stories that I have ever read in my life.</p>