Introduction by Khushwant Singh

• Exchange of Lunatics by Saadat Hasan Manto
• Stench of Kerosene by Amrita Pritam
• Lajwanti by Rajinder Singh Bedi
• A Hundred Mile Race by Balwant Gargi
• The Night of the Full Moon by Kartar Singh Duggal
• Hunger by Krishen Singh Dhodi
• Gods on Trial by Gulzar Singh Sandhu
• The Death of Shaikh Burhanuddin by K A Abbas
• The Mahabharata Retold by Satindra Singh
• Tai Eesree by Krishen Chander
• The Blind Alley by Gurmukh Singh Jeet
• Saadat by Yashpal
• Soorma Singh by Balwant Singh
• The Nuptial Bed by Upender Nath Ashk
• Happy New Year by Ajeet Caur
• One Passenger, Ho! By Santokh Singh Dhir
• Breaking Point by Usha Mahajan
• Stranger New World by Kulwant Singh Virk
• A Punjab Pastorale by Khushwant Singh

Notes on the Authors

Khushwant Singh, is one of India's most respected authors, a widely syndicated columnist and a journalist with an unenviable reputation of 'holding a mirror to our face... of being frank but not venomous, fearless but not intimidating'.

Born in 1915, in Hadali, Punjab Khushwant Singh was educated at Government College, Lahore, and at King's College and the Inner Temple in London.