About the Book: Animalia Indica: The Finest Animal Stories in Indian Literature
For centuries, the animal kingdom has captured the Indian imagination. And the
land of the Panchatantra and the Jataka Tales continues to give rise to literary
masterpieces. Some of the greatest stories in modern Indian literature have
animals as protagonists. In Animalia Indica, Sumana Roy collects the best
fiction written about animals from the past hundred years or so. Beginning with
Premchands classic, 'A Tale of Two Bullocks, and taking in its sweep some of the
greatest pieces of literary fiction to have originated in India including
'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling, 'Mahesh by Sarat Chandra