Love and Lust

One of the meanings of the word ‘olio’ is ‘a miscellany’. The books in the Aleph Olio series contain a selection of the finest writing to be had on a variety of themes and present India in ways that it has seldom been seen before. The powerful stories and sketches in this volume probe the mysteries of love and the perils and ecstasies of sexual desire." One of the meanings of the word. (jacket)