Hashiye Par

Originally published in Dogri, Hashiye Par takes such a close look at the lives of the very poor in the Chenab Valley, Jammu that it reads like an account by an insider. A work of fiction depicting the life of that segment of society which, for ages, has been pushed to a life on the margins, it is a story of despair and hope.

Shailender Singh is the Superintendent of Police, headquartered in Jammu. Hashiye Par is his first novel.
Translator: Suman K. Sharma has been translating poems and short stories from Dogri into English for last three decades. His translation of Mohan Lal Sapolia's short story won the prize in a short story competition organized by the Sahitya Akademi during its Golden Jubilee Year in 2007.