Ratno Dholi:

The tragic love story of a village drummer and his dancer lover...

A long-awaited letter that arrives too late...

A tea-house near Darjeeling, run by a mysterious queen...

When Dhumketu's first collection of short stories, Tankha, came out in 1926, it revolutionized the genre in India. Characterized by a fine sensitivity, deep humanism, perceptive observation and an intimate knowledge of both rural and urban life, his fiction has provided entertainment and edification to generations of Gujarati readers and speakers.

Ratno Dholi brings together the first substantial collection of Dhumketu's work to be available in English. Beautifully translated for a wide new audience by Jenny Bhatt, these much-loved stories - like the finest literature - remain remarkable and relevant even today.

Povestea tragica de dragoste a unui tobosar din sat si a iubitului sau dansator...O scrisoare mult asteptata care soseste prea tarziu...O ceainarie langa Darjeeling, condusa de o regina misterioasa...Cand prima colectie de povestiri a lui Dhumketu, Tankha, a aparut in 1926, a revolutionat genul in India. Caracterizat de o sensibilitate fina, umanism profund, observatie perceptiva si o cunoastere intima atat a vietii rurale, cat si a vietii urbane, fictiunea sa a oferit divertisment si edificare generatiilor de cititori si vorbitori gujarati.Ratno Dholi reuneste prima colectie substantiala a operei lui Dhumketu care este disponibil in engleza.