# Different Women, Different Worlds: Ten Short Stories by Odia Women Writers

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**Author:** Seemita Mohanty (translator)
 **Pages:** 124 **Year of Publication:**
2013 **Price:** Rs 250 **ISBN:** 978-93-5045-059-8 (9789350450598)

_**About the Translator**_
 Dr Seemita Mohanty is an Associate Professor in English
in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the National Institute of
Technology, Rourkela, Odisha. Her research interests include Indian English literature,
English Language Teaching and Linguistics. She has published one book of criticism,
_A Critical Analysis of Vikram Seth’s Poetry and Fiction_ (2007) and regularly translates
from Odia into English. She is a recipient of the Homi Bhabha Fellowship, awarded
by the Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council, Mumbai.

_**Teaser**_
 This book is a collection of English translations of short stories
written by ten contemporary Odia women writers, encompassing a period of forty years.
It offers a wonderful introduction to the depth and vastness of Odia writing for
English readers. In her preface to the book, Dr Mohanty elaborates: “The chosen 
stories speak about normal day-to-day existence reflecting the intricacies and complexities
involved in diverse human relationships. They touch upon such basic human feelings
like hunger, desire, sexuality, trust, betrayal. They reflect the dilemma and social
struggles that women have to endure for a better life and living, revealing a universal
picture of female frailty and strength as the protagonists struggle with themselves
and society in varying contexts.”

_**Contents**_

_Preface_ / 9

Interval (_Madhyāntar_) / 13
 Binapani Mohanty

Immortal (_Amara_) / 26
 Pratibha Ray

Onlooker (_Dekhanāhāri_) / 34
 Yashodhara Mishra

The Mountain That Burns (_Jali Jali Jāuthibā Pāhāda_) / 44
 Gayatri Saraf

Just a Picture (_Chitratie_) / 57
 Swarna Devi

Panipat (_Pānipatha_) / 66
 Supriya Panda

A Different Kunti (_Bhina Eka Kunti_) / 79
 Rashmi Roul

Opportunity for Love (_Pranayajoga_) / 87
 Jayanti Rath

Earthen Doll (_Māti Kandhei_) / 94
 Susmita Bagchi

Friend (_Sangini_) / 105
 Paramita Satapathy

_Biographical Sketches_ / 119