One in Many: A Collection of Short Stories

Many has a separate central character. Nearly all of them are made in the mould of Madhav --humorous witty and serious --and their differences melt away just as the differences between people of different countries nations and religions do. It is in fact hard to describe the characters by their nationality. They may possess Indian names but their nationality and citizenship are another matter. They have relatives and friends in both the continents and their identities transcend national geographical boundaries. The locale of the stories also lacks distinct unity; it extends from one hemisphere to the other from Washington DC to Balgudi a town in India not however to be found on a map. The focus of the stories is not what separates people one from the other but what binds them together rather what can/ should bind them togethe