Eternal Search for Hope

details into the lives of people around us. The author's empathy for her characters and her deep understanding of human nature have helped create these richly layered stories. There are deftly crafted strong female characters and realistic and down-to-earth male characters. The themes of the stories are rich and vast from across India, Australia, USA and Lebanon.

A Mango Tree is the story of a young Bengali boy whose village is hit by a cyclone, throwing him into endless misery.

Daughter of the Late Captain describes what it takes for an unmarried daughter to care for an old, stern widowed father.

Ration Card depicts the profound agony of old parents whose children live in foreign lands.

The remaining stories delve into themes of love and betrayal, the fragility of interpersonal relationships, generational gaps, and the fate of migrant labourers.

The power of these stories lies in the invincible spirit of hope in the protagonists.

Dr Rama Gupta grew up in a remote village of Sunni, Himachal Pradesh. She is a former Principal of Govt Girls College, Shimla. She is M.A. in English with Honours from Punjab University, M.Phil and Ph D from Himachal University. She has been a Member of Academic Council and President Sports Council H.P. University, Senior Vice President of Principals Association, an Executive Member of Governing Council of H P, Executive Council of Central School Management Board of Kendriya Vidhyalya, Shimla, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Disabled and Physically Challenged children. Presently a member of International Society of Karen Horney, U.S.A and Soka Gakkai International, Japan, All India Women Association for Social Welfare and Citizen Council for Human Rights, Chandigarh. She has published her stories and poems in Women's Era, Alive, Contemporary Vibes Chandigarh, Poetkrit, Harigandha and The Signalman, Mhow. She has also published Margaret Atwood: A Psychoanalytical Study (New Dawn Press), and Mirror Image a collection of short stories (Prabhat Prakashan, New Delhi) . Wheel of Life, an anthology (Sterling Publishers, New Delhi). She is currently busy in writing third volume of short stories and another anthology of poems.