Uncle Musto Takes a Mistress

From Laura Furman, O. Henry Prize Stories Editor: The title...sets a comic tone, and the characters melodramatic emotions and relationships are written broadly enough that for much of this young writer's fine story the readers sits back in amusement. Then the story's comedy reverses course; what was comical or silly seems poisonous and destructive. A harmless, even useful love affair becomes the cause of division and isolation in a family.

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The Railway Aunty

Forthcoming in Delhi Noir, "stories of darkness and despair". This is the story of Mukesh, a man from a small town in Punjab, who moves to Delhi after his parents are killed in a pilgrimage accident. Looking for economic opportunity, and the chance to take care of his sisters, Mukesh meets a colony Aunty who introduces him to a different way of earning a living. Mukesh's life takes an unexpected turn when the Aunty’s husband discovers them together.

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