A poignant potpourri of stories that will grab the attention of young and old alike. Each story has a moral and an appeal of its own that can reach people from various strata of life. The collection is relevant to our time and touches issues pertaining to friendship, love, empowerment with much sensitivity. Love seems to be the basis for many of the stories, passion is evident in some of them – be it for a lover, for freedom, empowerment, or in general for a better life.

R. Subramony (Ramaswami Subramony) was born in Thiruvananthapuram in 1976. He works as Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of English at The Madura College (Autonomous), Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Palakkad Uncle andOther Stories was first published in 2009 (though a few stories have been added in this collection) as Frying Pan and Other Stories by Frog Books, Mumbai under thenom de plume Raja. His second book, Paramahamsa – A Vedantic Tale was published by DK Printworld in 2011.

A poignant potpourri of stories that will grab the attention of young and old alike. Each story has a moral and an appeal of its own that can reach people from various strata of life. The collection is relevant to our time and touches issues pertaining to friendship, love, empowerment with much sensitivity. Love seems to be the basis for many of the stories, passion is evident in some of them – be it for a lover, for freedom, empowerment, or in general for a better life.