Synopsis The Rebellious Rani of Belavadi and Other Stories contain twelve stories dealing with various aspects of South Indian life. The themes range from the historical to the contemporary; from the religious to the secular and from the elemental to the academic. These stories explore different aspects of human relationships against the cultural background of South India and are easily comparable to those of Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, Khushwant Singh and Manoj Das.