Sharatchandra Chaterjee's short stories touch the very core of human heart as they dig deep into the imotions and passionate desires of a common man Abhagini Ka Swarg (Heaven of An Unfortunate Woman) shows how a women's body is once again dressed in her bridal clothes and decorated with all the pomp and glory for cremation Balya-Ismriti (Reminiscents of Childhood) is an account of an opressed child who is uprooted from his native place and is taken to a metropolitan city by his maternal uncle where he finds himself an absolute misfit