Harishankar Parsai is a well known Hindi language satirist. This story is one of his satires.

Swayam Prakash is popularly known for his Hindi story writing he has written many stories which have a lot of usage of local languages. Babulal Teli ki naak is one of his stories

Mehrunnisa Parvez has won Padma Shri for her work in Indian literature. She wrote many short stories Laal Gulaab is one of them.

Gyanranjan is one of the best Hindi writers of the 60s . Pita is one of his many stories.

Yashpal was a Hindi language author who is sometimes considered poor man's premchand. Akhbar me naam is a short story about a person's desire to be famous.

Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena is considered an important political poet he won sahitya akademi for his poetry collection. Safed Gur is one of his short story.

Manto was one of the boldest Urdu writer. He is known for his stories about the partition of India which he opposed, he wrote many short stories in his lifetime khol do is one of those stories set during the time of partition.

Kamleshwar was a prominent Hindi writer and scriptwriter of Hindi cinema, he won sahitya akademi for kitne Pakistan, chappal is one his heart touching short story.

Mannu bhandari is best known for her two home novels aapka banti and mahabhoj. She is often referred as one of the pioneers of nayi kahani movement. Ek plate Sailab is one of her stories.

Shekhar Joshi is known for his insight into culture, traditions and lifestyles of people of Uttarakhand. Dajyu is a story about a migrant who seeks affinity away from his Homeland.