RATNO DHOLI: THE BEST STORIES OF DHUMKETU COMPILED AND TRANSLATED FROM THE GUJARATI BY JENNY BHATT
As someone who enjoys writing and reading short stories, discovering Dhumketu’s collection of short stories has been a blessing. A prominent figure in Gujarati literature, Gaurishankar Govardhan Joshi, aka Dhumketu, has revolutionised Indian literature with over 600 short stories and 30 historical novels. I can only imagine the amount of potential and hard work that went into such ginormous figures.
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