01849nam a22002897a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804100080007608200240008410000210010824501240012926000410025330000110029452008010030565000480110665000450115465000520119965000500125165000520130165000450135365000600139865000210145865000180147965000220149765000180151970000220153720260819235856.0260819b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9788193393598  aeng  a894.81171 bT17 JAX  aJayakanthan, D.   aThe heroine and other stories / cD. Jayakanthan ; translated from Tamil by Deepalakshmi J. ; with a foreword by Ambai.  aNew Delhi : bNiyogi Books, c2017.   a157p.   aD. Jayakanthan’s short stories depict the life of common people in Tamil Nadu in the middle of the 20th century and reflect his progressive thinking. Selected and translated by the author’s daughter, these stories sensitively explore situations in the lives of both the marginalized and the middle class and comprise some of the best of his writing.

Each story in this collection delves into the depths of the human psyche, revealing the hidden strengths ordinary people find within themselves when faced with extraordinary circumstances. Portraying courage, vulnerability and humanity in its many dimensions, the Heroine and Other Stories reminds us of the richness of our regional literatures, presents highlights from the oeuvre of a master storyteller and holds up a mirror to ourselves. 4aTamil literaturexTranslations into English 4aTamil fictionxTranslations into English 4aShort stories, TamilxTranslations into English 4aSocial conditionsxIndiaxTamil NaduxFiction 4aMarginalized groupsxIndiaxTamil NaduxFiction 4aMiddle classxIndiaxTamil NaduxFiction 4aJayakanthan, D., 1934–2015xTranslations into English 4aTamil literature 4aTamil fiction 4aIndian literature 4aShort stories  a J., Deepalakshmi