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Mantra evam Anya Kahaniyan (by Munshi Premchand) The title story “Mantra” revolves around Pandit Leeladhar, who is found wounded by some societal outcasts and abandoned. An elderly untouchable rescues him, cares for him for three months, and restores his health. When a plague strikes the village, the elderly man doesn’t survive. Leeladhar, in return, tends to him and attempts to give him a new lease of life. The collection includes other thematically similar tales Amazon IndiaPenguin Random House India.Usne Kaha Tha evam Anya Kahaniyan (by Chandradhar Sharma Guleri)This centers on themes of love and sacrifice, depicted through the life of a soldier during the First World War Sahitya Sarowar. Guleri is also famously credited with writing “Usne Kaha Tha” in 1915, which is often regarded as the first short story in Hindi literature Wikipedia.Gunda evam Anya Kahaniyan (by Jaishankar Prasad) A collection of short stories by one of modern Hindi’s pioneering authors, Jaishankar Prasad, these are reflective narratives that contribute significantly to Hindi literary tradition