Vasundhara

‘As is the case of stories by our greatest writers, like Premchand or Manto, Dr. Shekhar’s stories do not set out to glorify or chant the praise of  the status quo. They are an honest and at times agonised look at a difficult and exploitative world…’ — The Hindu ‘Shekhar is the sort of writer who appears only rarely in the literary establishment. His voice is powerful, political, urgent.  Yet, there is no reason to imagine that politics overpowers (his) plots — his concerns are deeply literary, his style, effortless….’ – Scroll.in