About the Book: A Teashop In Kamalapura And Other Classic Kannada Stories
A teashop in Kamalapura overflows with the lives, squabbles and sounds of its
neighbourhood.
Tansen sorely regrets abandoning his gifted son Bilas Khan in a story set in the
Mughal court.
A doting father sacrifices his childrens happiness to serve the cruel demands of
his upper-caste master.
An India almost unknown to us floods the pages of this significant series of
short stories sourced from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.
Ringing with the music of Indias regional languages, and peppered with wit and
social commentary, these stories are windows to the past