Forbidden Fruit Stories – Kesar Lall & Tej Ratna Kansakar

Forbidden Fruit Stories – Kesar Lall & Tej Ratna Kansakar (Ratna Pustak Bhandar) (bestseller) |

The nine short stories in this book translated from the Nepal bhasa (the language of Newars) by Kesar Lall and Tej Ratna Kansakar, which were published first in various magazines and books between 1950 and 1992 reflect the changing times, social attitudes and problems, traditional and modern concepts as well as interaction between people’s of different ethnicity, caste and regions. Included in the book are short stories by Moti Lakshmi Upasika, Lochan Ratna, Satya Mohan Joshi, Daman Raj Tuladhar, Keshav Lal Karmacharya, Purna Das Shrestha, Ashok Umang, Phunindra Ratna Bajracharya and Sasikala Manandhar, the first and last being women.