New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- Reviewed by: Dr. Manisha Nigam Sinha, India

Shedding the Metaphors(A collection of stories by Nandini Sahu) with a total of 160 pages and twelve stories in English came to me as a pleasant surprise from the erudite author who is best known as a poet and folklorist.

A beautiful cover by the gifted artist Anil Tato adds to the aesthetic value of the book, I must say.

I read almost all the stories at one go, each one in tandem with the other, yet so different in theme and texture

and each story addressing the very important themes- inclusivity and positivity-with an earthly, gender free and multiethnic slant.

The stories have an inclination to the theme of 'letting go', 'shedding the metaphors', and as a teacher of li...