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The Fourth Direction and Other Stories

ਚੌਥੀ ਕੂਟ · Chauthi Koot

Waryam Singh Sandhu (ਵਰਿਆਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ, born 1945)

Translated by Akshey Kumar

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  • The Fourth Direction and Other Stories

    Sahitya Akademi · India · 2005 · Paperback · 156 pages

Stories of village Punjab in the 1980s, where families are squeezed between Sikh separatist fighters and the security forces; in one, armed men order a household to keep its dog from barking.

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Form
Short stories
Genres
Politics (assigned by AI)
Set in
India, 1980s
First published
1998
Author's age
53 when first published
ISBN

9788126019571 (Sahitya Akademi, India)

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