Exploring Short Stories

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This podcast explores short stories. The host recites selected short stories that are quirky or unconventional or outré from around the world. As the pandemic situation has severely deterred us from reading in book clubs, I thought that a podcast on readi

Sonam Chhomo


    • Aug 8, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 23m AVG DURATION
    • 17 EPISODES


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    Once in a lifetime by Jhumpa Lahiri

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 85:04


    This short story takes you to the memory lane of the child narrator who addresses the entire short story to 'you', a boy from India.

    The storyteller

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2023 17:02


    This short story explores themes of morality and immorality in the adult's approach to children.

    The ones who walk away from Omelas

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 23:34


    Explore the dystopian city of Omelas in this short story by American author Ursula K LeGuin

    The Jungle Major from 'These Hills called Home' by Temsula Ao

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 19:29


    This short story features protagonists who may appear as the ugly hero and the beautiful heroine in any story collection. But  what really makes this unique is the cultural background in which this story is set. Temsula Ao has neatly and ironically subdued the dominant voice in this short story.

    Bliss by Katherine Mansfield

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 36:46


    This short story was published in 1918 and is written by Katherine Mansfield, a New Zealand writer. It records the events of a 'blissful' day in Bertha Young's life.

    Short story by Ghassan Kanafani known as The Land of Sad Oranges

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 17:34


    It is about a family moving away from their homeland and attaining the refugee status in another country. I have not intended it to harm any religious or ethnic community, therefore, I will urge you to listen to the emotions and alterations in the mind and body of refugee children and families.

    Ashamanja Babu's dog by Satyajit Ray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 41:34


    'Do you know if dogs laugh?' Listen to this hilarious yet thought-provoking short story by one of the greatest filmmakers and writers in Indian history.

    The story of an hour by Kate Chopin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 9:15


    The famous feminist writer also wrote a number of short stories alongside her major work 'The Awakening.' As expected, this short story delves into the womanly joy that early feminist writers felt after a break from the patriarchial control.

    Araby, a short story by James Joyce.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 18:27


    Set in Dublin, this short story explores the expectations of a young boy fall when he decides to go to Araby for his love.

    INDIAN EDUCATION by Sherman Alexie

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2021 16:07


    This is part of the short story collection 'The lone ranger and tonto fistfight in heaven'. This short story traces the journey of a native american in classroom spaces and the discrimination and stereotype he/she is bound to encounter.

    My name, an excerpt from 'The House on Mango Street' by Sandra Cisnero

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2021 5:28


    Hi so this is like a departure from the usual kinds of stories that are read in this channel. I chose this excerpt because it questions the origin and history of your name, and your identity!

    A very old man with enormous wings by Gabriel Marquez

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 20:22


    This short story is written by the famous Nobel Laurette from Columbia, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. While listening, pay attention to the elements of 'magical realism' which his writing is most associated with. The key themes that manifest in this short story are moral values like compassion contradicting the nature of human beings such that we forget about the distinction between fair and unfair methods of expression.

    Everything counts by Ama Ata Aidoo

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 17:55


    This author belongs to Ghana and gives a postcolonial dilemna of Ghanian women and many like her. The key words to notice are 'wig', 'revolution' and 'beauty contest'. This book is part of her collection 'No Sweetness here and other stories' borrowed from the Internet Archive.

    Looking for a rain god by Bessie Head

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 10:39


    Bessie Head is a postcolonial writer from Africa who lived in exile in various parts of other countries in Africa. This story is from the country of Botswana. The major themes that surround this story is helplessness in front of a lost cause.

    TOBA TEK SINGH, a short story by Saadat Hasan Manto.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 20:04


    This is an English translation of an interesting short story from Partition Literature, from the lands of Hindustan. The major themes to look out for: displacement, madness as a trope, partition as an event and ordinary lives.

    Hands by Sherwood Anderson (Part 1 & 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 16:05


    It is an American short story, written in 1916. The major themes that manifest in the reading of this story are isolation, loneliness, alienation, fear and connection. This reading is done by Arun Jose, a student of Delhi University.

    A SEASON OF NO RETURN by Gurdial Singh, translated by Rana Nayar.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 30:58


    This is a reading of this short story which explains very simple themes- the anxiety of living in unfamiliar spaces, the change in the city and village spaces and modernity's obsession with a mechanised lifestyle.

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