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The stories in this collection from Ankush Saikia range in locales from the Assam countryside to the Khasi hills, and from Delhi to London. `Two Ending` deals with a superstitious paanwallah`s attempts to make sense of the increasing violence around him, while `The Test` looks at an episode in the life of a Shillong schoolboy named Robert. `Jet City Woman` recounts the adventures of a reluctant journalist over one night in India`s capital city, even as `Spotting Veron` chronicles a long and atmospheric journey from north-east India to Delhi across the vast width of India. `The Dog at the Wedding` returns to rural Assam for the tale of an orphan`s connection with a stray dog, and `A House in Laban` examines the longings of a young man who is an exile from the hill town he grew up in. `Caught Somewhere in Time` stays on in Shillong, with a now middle-aged and married Robert, and is a leisurely look at ordinary lives lived in forgotten places. `London`, which rounds off the collection, is on the other hand a meditation on the changing nature of our world, and how old connections can be found in new beginnings. Comprising of previously published and unpublished work, Saikia`s stories offer a glimpse into a lesser-known side of India. ISBN - 9788129118431
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Pages : 192
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