INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCE RESEARCH
IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY

The short story has quietly emerged as a unique and self-contained genre that can accurately and succinctly explore complex issues, even though the novel has frequently taken center stage in Indian English writing. Indian-English short stories and fiction both have similar roots, having developed concurrently from a common cultural setting. The emergence of Indian-English fiction in the 20th century is intimately linked to the evolution of Indian-English short tales. According to Nripendra Singh, "It runs parallel to that of the Indian English novel in the sense that both came to fruition during the eventful period of the Gandhian era and gradually became able to convey the contemporary complexity of life and technique". Women tend to write autobiographically or biographically, thus the short fictions of a few writers portray the cross-cultural experiences of dislocated immigrants and the potential condition of belonging at the same time - psychologically and experientially - amid the maze of cultural plurality. Certain Indian immigrant women who write short fiction carry with them their expatriate sensibility and perpetual yearning for belonging, which are portrayed in their works. The battle between the native and the foreign, "the self" and "the other," is typically the thematic subject of writing by expatriates. On the other hand, the Indian English short story is a unique and complete literary form. Short stories provide a more straightforward, approachable form of communication than more complex and intricate fiction. This form is ingrained in Indian culture, which has long been enhanced by an abundance of fables and folktales. This cultural legacy has long been enhanced by oral and written storytelling customs.