Sharmishtha is about wonderful experiences and also the moments of pain... it's not a story that moves smoothly to give the readers an experience theySharmishtha is about wonderful experiences and also the moments of pain... it's not a story that moves smoothly to give the readers an experience they won't forget. It's about telling the readers the part of history which they did not care to inquire into! Powerful... yes, opinionated to a great extent because it's fictional piece at the end; however, the narrative is more than simply amazing! ...more
Though this is not the first short-story collection that has made me very energetic and enchanted, Gautam's writing is indeed prolific in the times liThough this is not the first short-story collection that has made me very energetic and enchanted, Gautam's writing is indeed prolific in the times like this. He has done what not many authors can do these days. He has given his literature a purpose-code and that is to sing and celebrate the glories, simple emotions, actions and valour of our armed forces. I like the metaphor in the title itself - Hari Muskurahaton wala... The readers of contemporary Hindi fiction will certainly celebrate this collection of wonderful short stories. ...more