The Nobel contender from Rajasthan

Short story writer Vijaydan Detha, known popularly as ‘the Shakespeare of Rajasthan’, created a flutter of excitement earlier this week when he was spoken of as one of the contenders for the 2011 Nobel prize for literature. He may not have won this year, but for readers, this is as good a time as any to get more familiar with this colossus of Indian literature, writes his translator Christi A Merrill.

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