This is an anthology of twenty six short stories from the best Hindi short story writers written in over one hundred years. The writers featured in the anthology are Munshi Premchand, Jaishankar Prasad, Yashpal, Agyeya, Vishnu Prabhakar, Bhisham Sahni, Phanishwar Nath, Mohan Rakesh, Krishna Sobti, Amarkant, Srilal Sukla, Dharamvir Bharati, Nirmal Verma, Rajendra Yadav, Mannu Bhandari, Kamleshwar, Raji Seth, Mridula Garg, Govind Mishra, Shekhar Joshi, Ravindra Kalia, Mamta Kalia, Chitra Mudgal, Mrinal Pande, Nasira Sharma, Tejendra Sharma. The foreword is written by Prof. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, past President, Central Sahitya Academy, India.