Introduction
Chandana Dutta
SECTION I
IMAGING UNIVERSES: FICTION BY JOGINDER PAUL
a. Traversing Creative Universes: Selected Short Stories
Chapter 1: "The Slump"
Translated by Chandana Dutta
Chapter 2: "Phool"
Translated by Keerti Ramachandra
Chapter 3: "Parayi"
Translated by Keerti Ramachandra
Chapter 4: "The Flight of the Doves"
Translated by Nirupama Dutt
b. Of Roots and Memories: Extracts from Novels and Novellas
Chapter 5: The Story of India
Translated by Krishna Paul and D.R. Goyal
Chapter 6: Blind
Translated by Sukrita Paul Kumar and Hina Nandrajog
Chapter 7: Sleepwalkers
Translated by Sunil Trivedi and Sukrita Paul Kumar
c. A Flock of Birds: Selected Afsanche or Flash Fiction
Chapter 8: Afsanche or Flash Fiction
SECTION II
THE CARTOGRAPHY OF CREATIVITY, ON BEING A WRITER: ESSAYS BY JOGINDER PAUL
a. On the Art of Fiction Writing: Essays in Urdu by Joginder Paul
Chapter 9: New Urdu Fiction: Issues of Language and Expression
Translated by Ambar Ahmad
Chapter 10: Fiction: A Critique
Translated by Ambar Ahmad
b. On Fiction and Fellowship: Essay in English by Joginder Paul
Chapter 11: Fiction: Fellowship in Suffering
c. The Writer on Other Writers: Essays in Urdu by Joginder Paul
Chapter 12: Premchand: The Precursor of the Modern Urdu Short Story
Translated by Abdul Naseeb Khan
Chapter 13: Wazir Agha: The Writer of Inshaiya
Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
SECTION III
MAPPING CREATIVITY: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON JOGINDER PAUL AS A WRITER
a. The Art of Joginder Paul: Essays
Chapter 14: On Joginder Paul's Nadeed
Wazir Agha
Translated by Jai Ratan
Chapter 15: Joginder Paul's Short Stories
Wahab Ashrafi
Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
Chapter 16: The Art of Joginder Paul
Qamar Rais
Translated by Abdul Naseeb Khan
Chapter 17: The Creative Process in Joginder Paul's Fiction
Sharib Rudaulvi
Translated by Ambar Ahmad
Chapter 18: A Speech on Joginder Paul: Some Insights
Fikr Taunsvi
Translated by Ambar Ahmad
Chapter 19: Art and Aesthetics in Joginder Paul
Muhammad Ali Siddiqui
Translated by Sami Rafiq
Chapter 20: The Story of a Banyan Tree: Reminiscing the Life and Times of Joginder Paul
Ali Ahmad Fatmi
Translated by Huma Khalil
Chapter 21: Lamps of Insights: Joginder Paul's Afsanche
Anwar Pasha
Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
b. Perspectives from Afar: Essays
Chapter 22: Subverting the Nation-State through Post-Partition Nostalgia: Joginder Paul's Sleepwalkers
Amrita Ghosh
Chapter 23: On Joginder Paul's Afsanche: An Apology
Christopher Merrill
SECTION IV
A CREATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS PAR EXCELLENCE:
CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOGUES
a. Art in Every Fibre of his Being: A Conversation with Joginder Paul
Chapter 24: A Conversation with Joginder Paul
Ateequllah and Sadique
Translated by Ambar Ahmad
b. On the Wordsmith: Conversations on Joginder Paul
Chapter 25: On Joginder Paul: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Conversation with Chandana Dutta
Chapter 26: On Joginder Paul's Art and Fiction
Nizam Siddiqui in Conversation with Chandana Dutta
Translated by Chandana Dutta
Chapter 27: Joginder Paul: A Creative Consciousness Par Excellence
Intekhab Hameed Khan in Conversation
Translated by Punya Prakash Tripathi
SECTION V
NAVIGATING THE SELF: SCRIPTING THE LIFE OF A WRITER
a. The Restless Seeker: A Personal Perspective
Chapter 28: A Caravan of Memories
Joginder Paul
Translated by Girija Sharma
b. The Storyteller's Journey: About Joginder Paul
Chapter 29: Only I Would Know
Krishna Paul
Translated by Chandana Dutta
Chapter 30: My Papaji
Usha Nagpal
Chapter 31: My Incomparable Baba: A Tribute to Joginder Paul
Zahir Anwar
Translated by Smita Mishra Chaturvedi
SECTION VI
FROM THE TRANSLATORS: PRESENTING JOGINDER PAUL TO HIS READERS
Chapter 32: Transfusion as Translation: Ek Boond Lahu Ki Becoming A Drop of Blood
Snehal Singhavi
Chapter 33: To See or Not to See: Some Thoughts, Some Notes
Sukrita Paul Kumar
Chapter 34: Trans-creating the Pain of Displacement and Denial: Khwabrau into Sleepwalkers
Sunil Trivedi
Chapter 35: From Paar Pare to Beyond Black Waters
Vibha S. Chauhan
Chapter 36: Translating Joginder Paul
Meenakshi Bharat
Chapter 37: Translating Joginder Paul: A Sleepwalker's Dream
Keerti Ramachandra
SECTION VII
FROM THE ARCHIVES: DOCUMENTING JOGINDER PAUL
Chapter 38: "Study of a Literary Work: A Critical Practice" A Letter to the Editor of Tulu-e-Afkaar
Joginder Paul
Translated by Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
SECTION VIII
THE LOGS OF A LIFE
Chapter 39: Joginder Paul: A Bibliographical Chronology
Compiled by Abu Zahir Rabbani
Joginder Paul: A Detailed Bibliography
