Storywallah

<p>In 2011 the screenwriter lyricist and journalist Neelesh Misra started mentoring a handpicked group of writers called the Mandali. These were men and women of all ages backgrounds and dispositions. The Mandali soon started writing radio stories in Hindi for Misra's show <i>Yaadon Ka Idiotbox</i>-short pithy bittersweet narratives that immediately struck a chord with listeners across the country. <br>Translated for the first time in English this collection represents the Mandali at the height of its powers. These stories are blessed with a keen sense of place attuned to the rhythms of both small-town India and rapidly expanding mega-cities like Delhi or Mumbai. Homesick yuppies reconnect with their hometowns old lovers reconcile against all odds and parents learn to get along with their grown-up children. A mother-in-law uses questionable tactics to bond with her distant daughter-in-law a war widow learns to stand up to family and a life-threatening mountain slope brings two strangers together.<br>These are fresh untamed voices aided and abetted by a master storyteller.</p>