This ground-breaking anthology brings together thirty-eight short stories culled from over a century of writing by Muslim women from colonial and postcolonial India. Selected from different Indian languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, English, Urdu, Kannada, Telegu, Punjabi, Marathi, Tamil, and Malayalam, the collection includes gripping and fascinating stories by celebrated as well as emerging authors. It also excavates stories from now forgotten, once widely circulated, early women's journals such as Tehzeeb-e-Niswan, Saogat, and Indian Ladies.

Stories translated from multiple languages into English.