APPENDIX 1
A full text of the interview with Gauri Deshpande who was a sub-editor of the weekly for nearly two years during the seventies.
R. S.: How did you get into The Weekly' ?
G. D.: I was offered the job by Mr. Khushwant
Singh who liked m«y published work and met me in Pune where he was giving some lectures. He first asked me to do some freelance work for him and then offered me the
job when he approved of that too.
R.S.: was there any definite policy for the fiction section of "The Weekly' ? What was it ? How was
it different from the preceding policy ?
B.D.: As far as I could judge the "policy" depended entirely on the editor's taste. The sub-editor had the right of refusal but not of acceptance. The final selection was made by the editor. He seemed to like well - written, "clever" stories; he also liked
"discovering" people (e.g. me II)
R.S.: 'The Weekly' was not a fictional magazine.
Even then almost all the issues of the periodical had stories and poems. How did it fit into the general scheme of the magazine ?
G.D.: The general endeavour of the editor was to
298 make 'The Weekly' into a brighter, more popular, more accessible paper; less 'colonial' if one can say that.
The changes he made in typography, layout, covers, photographs, even payment scales, all point to this. The often controversial themes of his main photo features
(e.g. communities of india) and the bright new look fiction were part of the general policy. During my time there, the weekly's sales continuously went up from week to week and each landmark sale was celebrated by him - he distributed sweets to us. He insisted on an
"interesting" cover. On his way to work he often stops at a vendor's to ask about sales. He once said that he listened to the vendor's advice who told him to put a pretty women on the cover if he wanted higher sales. You could compare the covers with this in view !!
R.S. : What criteria did you apply for the selection of the stories ? Did you choose a story for its writer or for the story proper ?
G.D.: Quite often the stories were commissioned by the editor from well-known authors; in which case, we, the subs had little say in its acceptance. But the general, unsolicited material was judged by its quality
- style, form, humour and as I said, its "cleverness" or quirkiness. Quite often. Miss. Hyder or I would recommend a story from Urdu or Marathi and he would then
299 trust our judgement and get us to translate it. Stories by lianto or Ms. Wanarse appeared in "The Weekly' in this manner.
R.B.: Khushwant Singh was himself a novelist and a story writer. Did he do anything special for the upcoming creative writers in English and regional
languages ? How ?
G.D.: He made space for fiction without fail in almost every issue - that was a lot in the days when there was hardly any other comparable circulation,
English language mag. on the market that covered the whole country. It realy meant something to be publish^in
'The Weekly'.
R.S.: There were many stories in translation in
'The Weekly' during the seventies. What was the philosophy underlying the selection of such translat ions?
G.D.: This was part of the editor's search for new writers. Being himself very proud of his regional culture, he was generous enough to give the rest of the
Indian regional languages the right to be as good and he wanted to put their literature before the whole country as it were. (He even said "the world" in his expansive moments). He did believe that great and relatively unknown talent existed in regional languages which
300 should be explored. In his capacity as an advisor to various publishing houses R.S.: Quite a few stories by foreign authors also appeared in 'The Weekly'. What purpose did it serve for the readers of 'The Weekly' ? Did you try to expose your readers to the International writing or was there any other consideration ? G.D.: I do not know if there was any particular policy regarding foreign authors. As I said before, their work must have appealed to the editor's taste and also if they were "name" authors to his feeling that 'The Weekly' could be a "world" magazine. He was intensely "Indian" at heart, but liked to be lionized by "foreigners" - a feeling not unknown to most of us I R.S.: I personally was confused to find the serialized publication of novels in 'The Weekly' for months together. What necessitated such a step ? Was it due to a lack of response from the story writers or just an attempt to ignore this section ? G.D.: The subs were confused by this too ! I can only suppose that some personal reason on the part of 301 the editor led to such practices. R.S.: I had hoped that the '1975 Emergency' would have had some impact on "The Weekly' as a whole. But my hopes were belied. How did manage to keep its separate identity inspite of the sensorship? G.D.: I left 'The Weekly' in 1972 and was out of India during the Emergency. However, I did evince an admiration on the Editor's part for Mrs. Gandhi while I was there. Also he was an a-political man then-and may be continued so until the troubles in the Punjab. I don't think I can comment on this. R.S.: "Sex' is a conspicuous theme in these stories. How did you manage to publish stories on incest, lesbianism and masturbation without getting into a cultural controversy ? G.D.: The Editor was very interested in "Sex" as a theme - the more controversial the better ! As I said before, he knew that sex and controversy sell mags ! R.S.: What do you think is the contribution of 'The Weekly' to the development of Indo-Anglian short story ? 6.D.:'The Weekly' made "respectable" and acceptable space available to good writers. Many who later became "known" writers were published first in 'The Weekly'. One example is r^-J.Akbar, whose first 302 story I published in 'The Weekly'. R.S.: Would you like to comment on any other aspect of this section during the seventies ? B.D.: Khushwant Singh had just begun to change the face of 'The Weekly' when I came to work for him and I was on the staff for barely two years before a combination of my inexperience and ignorance, his misunderstanding of the sort of person I was and office politics led to his requesting my resignation. While there, I saw that he was far too susceptible to the influence of personalities - which may explain many of the editorially inexplicable- seeming decisions about publishing some of the material you have noticed.He did have an "editorial policy" but he bent it often for the sake of a person who influenced or "charmed" him. He changed quite a lot during his tenure as Editor- as perhaps made clearer by the fact that after me, within a year or so three or four other subs left 'The Weekly' as well ! After I left, I had no cause or opportunity to meet with Khushwant Singh and I do not at all know what happened. If you are intersted, I can refer you to Ms. Karkaria, Ms. Hyder or Mr.Benedict Costa. 303 APPENDIX 2 PRIMARY SOURCES List of the short-stories published in 'The Weekly' between January 1971 and December 1980. The stories that are thematically analysed in the thesis are marked with an asterisk. 1971 3 Jan. * The Future of Babli Nandini Satpathy 10 Jan. Remember the Queen Gauri Deshpande 17 Jan. Pavitra B.P. Koirala 24 Jan. The Brahmananda Story Hamdi Bey 31 Jan. The Sanyasi Doctor Murad Fyzee 7 Feb. * White Lady Aban Gazdar 14 Feb. * The Visitor Amrendra 21 Feb. * New Eyeglasses Ramapada Chaudhary 28 Feb. Those that Gift Monika Varma 7 Mar. * Only at Night & Tara Parmeswarn Secretly 14 Mar. * Tiger Skin Balwant Gargi 21 Mar. * Floatsam Salome Parikh 28 Mar. * Voyage to Bombay Vasanta Surya 4 April. Perinbai Mahavir Adhikari to 18 April 25 April * The Gods Laughed Konica Sircar 304 2 May * The Death of a Hero Jai Nimbkar 9 May Phr^^t^flRH 16 May * A Green Vally Not So Ash is Gupta 23 May The Jewel Box Salma Siddiqi 30 May * The Green Gardener Jayanta Mahapatra 6 June Gentleman in the Bar B. K. Karanj ia 13 June Dervish Qurratulain Hyder 20 June * Marriages are Made Dina Mehta in Heaven 27 June * The Man who Bought R. Wilkinson Pressure 4 July * Mr.Banerjee's Secret Vijay N. Shankar 11 July * The Jungle Manoj Das IB July * Reunion Gauri Deshpande 25 July Kali Puja Ansuya Asher 1 Aug. * Another Triangle Krishna Baldev Vaid 8 Aug. * The Storm in a Tea- M.P. Nambiar Cup 15 Aug. * Graveyard M. J. Akbar 22 Aug. * Heaven,Hell &< Ivan Klima Paradise 29 Aug. * The Man Who Swam With S. I. Francis Mr. Josti 5 Sept. * The Accident Subrata Sen Gupta 12 Sept. * The Cherry Tree Ram Kumar 305 19 Sept. From Foe to Friend Shamuel Yosef Agnon 26 Sept. * Broken Hours Janki Venkatraman 3 Oct. * And Under the Pines Jayanta Mahapatra 10 Oct. * The Contact S. L. Proudfoot 17 Oct. * Dialogue Gopi Gauba 24 Oct. Midnight Wendy Fernandes 31 Oct. * One More Dead Body Kartar Singh Duggal 7 Nov. * The Baron of Bandra 0. M. Naronha 14 Nov. * Tell Me how Long the B. P. Menon Train's been 6one 21 Nov. » Royal Flower that Shamsuddin Blushed Unseen 28 Nov. * Why does a Child Cry Mulk Raj Anand 5 Dec. The Child N. S. Madhavan 12 Dec. The Primates S. I. Francis 19 Dec. Regards from K. Gill Famagusta 26 Dec. * Not in a Graveyard Shaukat Osman 1972 2 Jan. Bankey Bahadur Hayatullah Ansari 9 Jan. * Force of Habit Santosh Kumar Ghosh 16 Jan. The Black Partridge Manmohan Singh 23 Jan. Ticketless Travel Robert 0. Swan 30 Jan. On a Republic Day Harishankar Parsai 306 6 Feb. * The Confidential K. K. Khullar Report 13 Feb. * Dusk, Smoke and Ashish Ray Stars 20 Feb, * If I Could Bleed or N. Kalyan Raman Sleep 27 Feb. * A Servant of God Ashis Gupta 5 Mar. * Pipped Bikram Vohra 12 Mar. No Story 19 Mar. Itchy-Bitchy R. Shankar 26 Mar. * Prabhu Bhai Writes Bonni Mukherjee Porno 2 April The Girl at the Colleen Gantzer Residency 9 April My Uncle's Mistress B. C. Dutt 16 April * The Night the Tiger Manoj Das Came 23 April * Matter of Family Satindra Singh Honour 30 April * What is a Desert Rosemary Pinto 7 May * A Family Dinner M. J. Akbar 14 May Enemy Vasudevan Nair 21 May Arrangements Vijay N.Shankar 28 May The Battle of C. I . Proudfoot Blordington 307 4 June The Heart Attack B. B. Kapoor and After 11 June * Mahadeo Baba Murad Fyzee 18 June Light & Shadow Ke1V in Sio 25 June Romance Manik Bandopadhyaya 2 July * The Survivor Arun Joshi 9 July * The Red Truck Deepak 16 July * House-Wife Ismat Chugtai 23 July * A Sense of Belonging John Danniel 30 July * The Other Woman Dina Mehta 6 Aug. * The Moving Lantern Abdul Jabbar 13 Aug. How the Quit-India Keki N. Daruwalla Movement Came to Al ipur 20 Aug. Beasts Gourkishore Ghosh 27 Aug. * Fro Andrey Platonov 3 Sept. My Aunt Gracie Qurratulain Hyder 10 Sept. * My Daughter Silloo Nilufer E. Bharucha 17 Sept. When Generals Gather Aarti Seoraj 24 Sept. * The Wagon Khalida Asghar 1 Oct. A Touch of Tar Anil Ray 8 Oct. * Sleep Walkar R. Ramanathan 15 Oct. The Corpse Kamleshwar 22 Oct. * Five Iron Spikes Anurag Mathur 308 29 Oct. * The Second Youth of Subrata Sengupta Mrs. Mukharjee 5 Nov. The Agnostic Khushwant Singh 12 Nov. Traveller through Jehangir R.P.Mody Time 19 Nov. * The Fastidious Dina Mehta Housewi fe 26 Nov. The Last Glimpse Satindra Singh 3 Dec. * Man's Pricless Ayikudi R. Kisan Possession 10 Dec. The Crocodile Lady Manoj Das 17 Dec. * The Tale of the Rajkumar Sharma Flea-bitten Dog 24 Dec. * The Botton) Pincher Khushwant Singh 31 Dec. * A Way of Living Moti Nandi 1973 7 Jan. At the Shrine of Mary Hubert Ribeiro of the Angels 14 Jan. If You were With Me Kumud Mehta 21 Jan. * Is Sex Necessary ? V. S.Thirumalai 28 Jan. The Gold Frame R. K. Laxman 4 Feb. Khajuraho Kallidoscope Vasant Surya 11 Feb. The Angry Elephant Lt.Col K. Goswami 18 Feb. * A Tale of the Hijaras Abdul Jabbar 25 Feb. * The Landlady Inder Malhotra 309 4 Mar. * They Also Serve who J.A.R.Krishna Kill Moorthy 11 Mar. * Empress Noor Jahan's Salama Siddiqi Shawl 18 Mar. * Honour Qurratulain Hyder 25 Mar. Outjokeyed Anjana Basu 1 April Memoirs of a Big-Bame Lt.Col D.G.L.Joseph Hunter 8 April * Encounters With Eunice Oriental Lovers Cottrell Brandt 15 April * The Blanket Erica Linton 22 April • The Final Round Bikram Vohra 29 April * Courtesan's Tale P.S. Mathur 6 May * Glow Worms 8< Cold Fire Milon Mukherjee 13 May Perspectives from Beneath a Punkah Murad Fyzee 20 May The Marriage Timeri Murari 27 May The Marriage Timeri Murari 3 June do do 10 June * The Trishul N.S. Bhatia 17 June The Ghost Arun Kapoor 24 June * The Summons Dina Mehta 1 July Tiger at the Elbow Jamila Verghse 8 July The Stolen Casket Jehangir R.P.Mody 310 15 July • What does a Mother V. S. Thirumalai Tell Her Daughter 22 July * Inspector Mata Deen Harishankar on the Moon Parasai 29 July * The Will Ajay Prasad 5 Aug. Hair Chandrakant Bakshi 12 Aug. * Siraj Saadat Hassan Manto 19 Aug. * Mr. Sookhoo and the Shiva Naipaul Carol Singers 26 Aug. • An Indian Dream M. J. Akbar 2 Sept. • Martyrdom and Mukti Keki N.Daruwalla 9 Sept. * A Question of Denzil Joseph Conscience 16 Sept. Statue Breakers are Manoj Das Coming 23 Sept. * Research Scholar 921 R. M. Borgonkar 30 Sept. An Inner View from Subodh Mathur the Outside 7 Oct. • Hunger Abdul Jabbar 14 Oct. * Eclipse Nikki Ty Tomkins Seth 21 Oct. * An Unprofitable Sin Mohan Rakesh 28 Oct. * Fireflies in the Mist Qurratulain Hyder 4 Nov. * Diversion Bikram Vohra 311 11 Nov. * The Case of the Achar Ahsan Confounding Culprit 18 Nov. * A Travellogue Milon Mukherjee 25 Nov. The Facts about N. B. Khory Harjeet's Death 2 Dec. Bharat Mata Ki Jai Saroj Cowasjee 9 Dec. * Heaven is Garbage Bin Krishan Chandar 16 Dec. Pratidwandi Sunil Gangopadhyaya 23 Dec. A Story for Father Eunice Rogo Cottrell-Brandt 30 Dec. * Prison Dina Mehta 1974 6 Jan. Issue was not published due to labour problems 13 Jan. The Last Tango in Gesar Gangtok 20 Jan. * The Lady who Smoked D. R. Mankekar Cigars 27 Jan. to Publication was suspended. 10 Mar. 17 Mar. Nadir Shah Khushwant Singh 24 Mar. Nadir Shah Khushwant Singh 31 Mar. The Deepfreeze Perin Bharucha 7 April * The Circle Srilekha Bose 312 14 April * Fourth Meschanky Evgeny Evtushenko Street 21 April The Headless Bhost S. T. Ali 28 April The Widow Gurdial Singh 5 May * Born of Death Mown i 12 May * The Man who Wanted to Suni 1 be Free Bangopadhyaya 19 May Bahadur Shah Zafar Khushwant Singh 26 May 2 June * The Week End Nirmal Verma 9 June * The Pavement Dweller Meena Dev 16 June Story was not published 23 June The Super Diplomat's Copsy Secret 30 June The Bitch Parikshat Sahni 7 July * Starlight and Foxes Norah Burke 14 July * Death of Caesar P. M. Nityanandan 21 July * The Coward Subrata Sen Gupta 28 July to My Day* R. K. Narayan 15 Sept 22 Sept. The Evergreen Tree Roy Daniel 29 Sept. * A Matter of Supreme K. V. Mehta Indifference 6 Oct. Farewell to a Ghost Manoj Das 13 Oct. •><• The Yanki and the Yogi B. G. Sidarth 313 20 Oct. * Levy Bimal Mitra 27 Oct. A Private Affair Janaki Venkatraman 3 Nov. The Case of the Black Keki N. Daruwalla Ambassador 10 Nov. * Archers Only Meira Chand 17 Nov. No Story 24 Nov. * The Yellow Rose K. K. Khullar 1 Dec. * The President's Pandurang Rao Teacher's Tale B Dec. * The Servant Arun Joshi 15 Dec. * His Purpose in Life Sunil Gangopadhyaya 22 Dec. Reavi's Christmas Cecilia Thomas 29 Dec. * The Kama Sutra Game Khushwant Singh 1975 5 Jan. * Vendetta N. S. Bhatia 12 Jan. A Man Against God Balwant Singh 19 Jan. The Guest of Allah Resat Nuri Guntekin 26 Jan. Arrival Manohar Malgonkar 2 Feb. * Ramblings on a Beach Kabir Bedi 9 Feb. Cleopatra Rides Again Norah Burke 16 Feb. * Buddhoo Arun Kapoor 23 Feb. * Vanmahotsava at Bal Samant Vadgaon 2 Mar. * The Apprentice V. Pandurang Rao 314 9 Mar. Death of a Faqir Abdul Fazl Siddiqi 16 Mar. 30 Jan. 1948, an Jayahta Mahapatra Even ing 23 Mar. * Rashna Dina Mehta 30 Mar. * End of a Song Vijay N. Shankar 6 April Mango Seed S. K. Chettur 13 April The Blue Hills where Hugh Gantzre the Sun Never Sets 20 April Bandits at Eight Amarjeet Kullar O'clock 27 April Ramji and the King of Margaret Bhatty Si am 4 May * Madame Ghosh Suvimalee Gunaratna 11 May * An Accident R. K. Laxman 18 May * The Ghost of Sarla N. S. Bhatia Bandopadyaya 25 May Namu, the Dhobi P. L. Deshpande 1 June * The Tree Keki N. Daruwalla 8 June Aurargzeb Alamgir Khushwant Singh 15 June * Silence Suneet Chopra 22 June * The Last Gamble S. K. Nay 29 June 135 Ashim Ray 6 July Issue was not published 13 July * The Nose Ring Agha Babar 20 July * A Life for Free Vijay N.Shankar 315 27 July * The Effigy Jai Shankar Kala 3 Aug. * The Foreigner Shiv K. Kumar 10 Aug. * A Home Near the Sea Kamala Das 17 Aug. * A Slice of Melon Manohar Malgonkar 24 Aug. * The Birdman Margaret Bhatty 31 Aug. * Bitter Honey Lavina Melwani 7 Sept. The War Shani 14 Sept. * When Dreaming Ends Jayashree Chatterjee 21 Sept. The Brigadier Shaukat Osman 28 Sept. A Date with Lakshmi A. S. AhluMalia 5 Oct. * The Elusive Lover K. S. Duggal 12 Oct. * Miss Moberly's Targets Manoj Das 19 Oct. * Little Drops of Blood Nikki Ty Tomkins Little Brains of Sand Seth 26 Oct. The Snake Vijay N. Shankar 2 Nov. to • A Search For Home Sasthi Brata 30 Nov. 7 Dec. * The Neighbours Kurush N. Grant 14 Dec. The Brinjal Cut Out Krishan Chander 21 Dec. * Reception Ashoka Mitran 28 Dec. * Miss Scrooge Dina Mehta 1976 4 Jan. to Sanskara U.R. Anantmurti 14 Mar. 316 21 Mar. * Ward III Kamal Sheoran 28 liar. * Woman at the Window R. K. Laxman 4 April * The Substitute Ashok Roy 11 April * Fish, Curry and Rice Mi Ion Mukhopadyaya 18 April * Three Plus Two R. C. Joshi 25 April * Higher Mathematics Krishan Chander 2 May * The Nymphomaniac V.S.Th i rumalai 9 May Socrates Chandrakant Bakshi 16 May * Shadows Man in i 23 May * Intermittent Fever Rajinder Singh Bedi 30 May * The Veil Khulwant Singh Virk 6 June * A Flight of Sheep Shaukat Osman 13 June * Sea of Terror Del Manuel 20 June * A Drink with the Lord Vepa Rao 27 June to The Painter of Signs R. K.Narayan. 26 Sept. Shiv K. Kumar 3 Oct. * Beyond Love Manoj Das 10 Oct. * Sharma and the Wonderful Lump Gulabdas Broker 24 Oct. * Jharia 31 Oct. * Twilight Sadiq Peerbhoy 7 Nov. to The Sword of Bhagwan Gidwani 14 Nov. Tipu Sultan 21 Nov. * The Wolves of Gulbarga Prabhat Vaidya 28 Nov. * Love Across the Sands Keki N. Daruwalla 317 5 Dec. An Elephant for the George Zachariah Gueri11 as 12 Dec. Flight 303 Suresh Chopra 19 Dec. * Paradise Lost Evelyn Harter 26 Dec. The Christmas Present Meg Majithia 1977 2 Jan. Mahesh S.C.Chatterjee 9 Jan. * The Auction Mohan Rakesh 16 Jan. * The Sisters S. Chakravarti 23 Jan. Dead Man Tells a Story R. Raj Bopal 30 Jan. * Strawberries Kulwant Singh Virk 6 Feb. * The Night of the Storm Trevor Drieburg 13 Feb. What is a Son ? Shashi Deshpande 20 Feb. Terror in the Bush Mahalakshmi K. Rao 27 Feb. * Home Coming V. R. Kalkur 6 Mar. 22 Carat Laughter Del Manuel 13 Mar. Ridu Babu Banaphool 20 Mar. * Give me Your Hand Sujata Balasubramaniam 27 Mar. * The Adultress Raj Pandey 3 April The Tortured Robert Payne to and 29 May The Damned 5 June * Dusky Krishan Chander 12 June * The Bike Samir Datta 19 June The Necklace A Parthasarathy 318 26 June Girl at the Wedding Vernon Thomas 3 July A Sinister Variation Nimmi Bhimaya 10 July The General's Sauce Major V. H. Singh 13 July * Grains of Sand S. I. Francis 24 July * The Landing Sunita Jain 31 July The Bunglow on Amal Jamal Queen's Road 7 Aug. * Where is My Home Jane Aitken 14 Aug. Palace Orders Manohar Malgonkar 21 Aug. The Escape Chandrakant Bakshi 28 Aug. No Publication 4 Sept. No Publication 11 Sept. * Asylum Shilesh Matiyani 18 Sept. * Fascination Stephen Alter 25 Sept. do do 2 Oct. * The Post Office K. P. Poornachandra of Abachooru Tejaswi 9 Oct. * And no Birds Sing Dina Mehta 16 Oct. * Fatigue S. G. Rampal 23 Oct. * The Windmill Memsahib Evelyn Harter 30 Oct. Joom Jumped Chander P. Malhotra 6 Nov. * A Dream in Hawai Bhabani Bhattacharya 13 Nov. The Cat and the Minister Krishan Chander 20 Nov. The Sacrifice Jameel Ahmed Ashar 319 27 Nov. to Choma's Drum V. R. Kulkur 18 Dec. 25 Dec. The Angel Gabriel Gill Margaret Bhatty 1V78 1 Jan. * Bondage Manohar Malgonkar 8 Jan. * The Steel Throat Mikhail Bulgakov 15 Jan. * The Landlord Krishna Narayan 22 Jan. * Retribution Geeta Chaudhary 29 Jan. Bats Bhubendranath Saikia 5 Feb. Snapped Suresh Chopra 12 Feb. Fortune's Darling Sarojini Sinha 19 Feb. » Tyranny Sudha Arora 26 Feb. The Silver Knife M. R. Meleod 5 Mar. * The Garden Nikki Ty Tomkins Seth 12 Mar. * But You are Dead, Vi vek Mr. John 19 Mar. The Duel Shashi Deshpande 26 Mar. * The Steel Maker Padma Rao 2 April Answering to the P. R. Taikad Name of Abhilasha 9 April * The Accident Bhishm Sahani 16 April The Omniscient Stars Gita Krishnankutty 320 23 April * The Train Ride Zoher F.Abdool Carim 30 April The Story of a Hero Jayakanthan 7 May * Peococks U. R. Ananthmurthy 14 May * A Private Sunday C. N. Gupta 21 May The Hobby Debjani 28 May * The Last Rapture Alok Rai 4 June * Unemployment Statistics Anurag Mathur 11 June The Devotees Jacquelin Singh 18 June * Golden Glow I am Raja Proctor Going to Wear till My Wedding Day 25 June Umsoshun's Way Eddie Beddoe 2 July Transactions Suneet Chopra 9 July No Publication 16 July No Publication 23 July No Publication 30 July The Silver Plate Badri Narayan 6 Aug. The Woolen Coat Rajinder Singh Bedi 13 Aug. Shalimar Manohar Malgonkar 20 Aug. —do— 27 Aug. —do— 3 Sept. • A Table is a Table Petee Bichsel 10 Sept. The Door Watcher Sadiq Peerbhoy 17 Sept. An Island of Sal Shani 321 24 Sept. * The Living and the Janaki Venkatraman Dead 1 Oct. No Story Was Published 8 Oct. * He Said it With Rusk in Bond Arsenic 15 Oct. No Story was Published 22 Oct. The Case of the Hobo Keki N. Daruwalla Artist 29 Oct. * The Mark of the Nose Dalip Kaur Tiwana Ring 5 Nov. The Duel David Gunston 12 Nov. Fear Gurbachan Singh Bhullar 19 Nov. * And Now Good Morrow Evelyn Harter 26 Nov. Rats Samir Datta 3 Dec. * Yoga and the Bus Ajit Mishra 10 Dec. * Just a Matter of Time Anjana Appachana 17 Dec. No Publication 24 Dec. Theresa Norma Levinson 31 Dec. * Chikamagalur Hookshot Manohar Malgonkar 1979 7 J an. * The New Broom Dina Mehta 14 Jan. * Daughter of the House Jennifer Prabhu 21 Jan. * Nursery Rhyme Ranjit Lai 322 28 Jan. * Flowing Waters Madhur Jaffrey 4 Feb. * The Disappearance of Jayanta Hahapatra Protima Jena 11 Feb. * The Five Dollar Smile Shashi Tharoor 18 Feb. * Fable from a Naushil Mehta Flourishing Culture 25 Feb. No Sweat Ruchir Joshi 4 Mar. * Julie is Dead B. K. Karanjia 11 Mar. Cure for an Opium Brahmadev Addict 18 Mar. * Nostalgia S. Chakravarti 25 Mar. * In Front of the Cafe Anil Ekbote 1 April * The Parrot Krishna Narayan 8 April A Trial in Rhodesia Anand Vasudevan 15 April * A Pair of Brown Hands Doorthy Wation Brar 22 April No Issue was published. 29 April to Dark Waters H. M. Marathe 13 May 20 May Plus A Prize Winning Story 27 May Three Prize Winning Stories 3 June * The Edge R. K. Narayan 10 June * Ramesh's Hat-Trick N.S.Ramswami 323 17 June to No Publication 2 Sept. 9 Sept. * Twilight Manini 16 Sept. * Fly the Friendly Sunita Jain Skies 23 Sept. Adventures in Three V. Ananthram Worlds 30 Sept. Heart of a Mother Khwaja Ahmad Abbas 7 Oct. Foods for the Bod Kirin Narayan 14 Oct. My Great Aunt Bhabo Veena Nagpal 21 Oct. The Cobbler and the R. K.Narayan God 28 Oct. * Is it Mary ? Andy Arse 1 in 4 Nov. No Story was Published 11 Nov. The Year of the Child Arupkumar Datta 18 Nov. The Rebel K. Chandrashekhar 25 Nov. No Story was published 2 Dec. The Game Yashwant Chittal 9 Dec. The Wink Evelyn Harter 16 Dec. * The Cherry Tree Rusk in Bond 23 Dec. No Story was published 30 Dec. The Decision Abraham S. Benjamin 1980 6 Jan. * The Unrepentant Vera Sharma 13 Jan. * The Alien Subhadra Sengupta 324 20 Jan. * The Homecoming Shiv K. Kumar 2.7 Jan. The Red Bindi R. Singh 3 Feb. My Mardi Eunice Cottrel1-Brandt 10 Feb. * Memories of an English Z. A. Karim Officer 17 Feb. * The Eye of the Beholder Breena E. Ahoy 24 Feb. Story was not published. 2 Mar. The Jehangir Syndrome Keki N. Daruwalla 9 Mar. Babaji's Feast Premchand 16 Mar. Tank Three is on Fire ! Ashok Mahadevan 23 flar. Reincarnation Patrick Roy 30 Mar. * A Gap in the Window A. Santhan 6 April Story was not published. 13 April * Double Vision Debjani 20 April Flight Jamyang Norbu 27 April The Proposal Rani Dharker 4 May The Ashram Michael Walsh 11 May The Decision Syad Abdul Malik 18 May The One Good Man T. R. A. Narayana 25 May Vasco Returns Gunther Grass 1 June The Ambush Vijendra Singh Jata B June The Solitude of the Shashi Tharoor Short Story Writer 325 15 June * A Quiet Afternoon Meenakshi Rao 22 June The Mother Indra Sinha 29 June The Severed Head Shamsuddin 6 July * An Inquiry at Dawn Paul Zackariah 13 July Story was not published. 20 July * The Waiting Knife Mohan Rakesh 27 July Box Office is Beautiful Asha Bhanj Deo 3 Aug. A Similar Feeling Chudamani Raghavan 10 Aug. * Initiation Rites Dina Mehta 17 Aug. A Serpent in Warangal Prabhat Vaidya 24 Aug. The Mukteshwar Man-eater Jim Corbett 31 Aug. Home is the Hero C. L. Proudfoot 7 Sept. Passage in the Dark Jagvir Singh 14 Sept. The White Cow Githa Hariharan 21 Sept. The Restored Arm R. K. Narayan 28 Sept. to No Publication 26 Oct. 2 Nov. The Bolden Calm Lady Clive Bayley 9 Nov. The Ghazal Singer Jayashree Chaterjee 16 Nov. Story was not published. 23 Nov. The Golden Calm Lady Clive Bayley 30 Nov. Dear Doctor Padma Rao 7 Dec. Chitra Bulabdas Broker 14 Dec. Prabha David Altaf 326 21 Dec. Guest for Christmas Jayshree Chatterjee 28 Dec. Lady of Lumuma Christine M. Krishnasam. 327