HB-12489 WHEN A MODERN WRITER CHOOSES LONG STORY AS A MEDUIM, WHAT HE ACTUALLY HAS IN MIND IS AN AMBITIOUS CATCH AT THE SEASCAPE OF HIS TIME AND LOCALE. THESE ELEVEN LONG STORIES BY NIRMAL VERMA, ARE LONG DRIVES INTO THE WILDERNESS OF MIND AND SOUL. NEARLY ALL THE STORIES ARE MASTERPIECES WHERE THE BASIC HUNT INTO THE MULTIPLE LAYERS OF A BROKERN IDENTITY IS FURTHER DEEPENED BY THE EXISTENTIAL ENQUIRIES BASIC TO MAN.;