The Inner Courtyard Author:Lakshmi Holmstrom From the mass of Indian short fiction by women writing in India, Britain and America, here is a constellation of some of the most dazzling stories. A spectrum of voices and an abundance of forms - from the ghost story to the animal fable - are all anchored in experiences of multicultural and multilingual sub-continent. The overlapping worlds o... more »f tradition and scepticism, of collective responsibilities and individual choice strike a tenuous balance giving us stories that are violent, funny, tragic as they explore old themes - caste and hierarchy, colonialism and its aftermath, relationships, sexuality and the search for identity- with new vigor.« less