Synopsis Indian Short Stories in English : Critical Explorations is an anthology of more than twenty critical research papers on the various authors of Indian English short stories. It critically explores the short stories of R.N. Tagore, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Nayantara Sahgal, Shashi Deshpande, Mahasweta Devi, Shiv K. Kumar, Ruskin Bond, Vishnu Prabhakar, Arun Joshi, Chaman Nahal, Jhumpa Lahiri, Nisha Da Cunha, Gangadhar Gadgil Kalki and Sarah Joseph. The leading article is about the brief story of Indian short story in English. All the papers included in this volume are very critical, objective and exhaustive which, we hope, will certainly slake the thirst of a number of students and teachers who want to be more conversant with the various aspects of Indian English short stories.