"An Owl book"

Previously published under the British title: The Vintage book of Indian writing, 1947-1997.

Tryst with destiny / Jawaharlal Nehru -- With pride and prejudice / Nayantara Sahgal -- Toba Tek Singh / Saadat Hasan Manto -- All about H. Hatterr / G.V. Desani -- My birthplace / Nirad C. Chaudhuri -- Hunger / Kamala Markandaya -- The liar / Mulk Raj Anand -- Fellow-feeling / R.K. Narayan -- Activities and outings / Ved Mehta -- Games at twilight / Anita Desai -- In the mountains / Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- Big Bill / Satyajit Ray -- The perforated sheet / Salman Rushdie -- Dr. Salaam / Padma Perera -- The assassination of Indira Gandhi / Upamanyu Chatterjee -- The collectors / Rohinton Mistry -- Ranna's story / Bapsi Sidhwa -- The trotter-nama / I. Allan Sealy -- A Raj Quartet / Shashi Tharoor -- Meatless days / Sara Suleri -- Trying to grow / Firdaus Kanga -- Sharmaji / Anjana Appachana -- Sandeep's visit / Amit Chaudhuri -- Nashawy / Amitav Ghosh -- The remains of the feast / Githa Hariharan -- The teacher's story / Gita Mehta -- A suitable boy / Vikram Seth -- Shakti / Vikram Chandra -- Unforced errors / Ardashir Vakil -- One and a half / Mukul Kesavan -- Abhilash talkies / Arundhati Roy -- Strange happenings in the Guava Orchard / Kiran Desai.