For nearly three centuries the Urdu ghazal has been beloved of connoisseur and layman alike. This translation attempts to capture the best qualities of the ghazal in a contemporary voice. Many of the enduring names of the ghazal are to be found here-from 1st ed. 144p., 22cm.

One of India's finest prose stylists, Shama Futehally (1952–2004) was also among the country's most accomplished writers of short fiction in English. This posthumous collection brings together all her short stories, written over two decades. The first and 1st ed. 224p.

Ayesha Jamal is on a train to Bombay, on a mission to resolve an unpleasant complication in her husband's professional life that threatens to destroy everything. Uncertain, on edge, she responds to the passing world around her, to the realities of present 1st ed. 160p.

The Mushtaqs, a business family of Bombay, are gracious, cultured and—above all—upright. As Tahera Mushtaq grows up, her staunch loyalty to the family's values is accompanied by a sense of separateness from the real world, a sense of living inside a fragi 1st ed. 176p.

Shama Futehally (1952–2004) was a ‘writer's writer', unique among contemporary Indian authors for the sophistication and integrity of her work. This posthumous collection of her non-fiction writing provides a rare and rewarding insight into the literary l 1st ed. 320p.