Kalyani Kurup: 2 books

The Elephants Trunk and Other Stories is a collection of five stories. The first story describes how the elephant got its long trunk. The second one tells how some clever animals help their human friend win a kingdom, and the third story reveals why the aspen leaves tremble if there is as much as the...

Set in a south Indian village, the story moves from the early part of the 20th century to the 1980s, and is set in the background of the now-defunct but then-powerful matrilineal system in which descent is traced through the female line. It is a story of incredible heartbreaks and strange honor codes;...