Veils and Skullcaps (Short Stories from India) is a collection of twenty six short stories. It is written by Ms. Mumtaz Mazumdar. It is the first attempt by her in writing short stories. The stories are about the Bengali Muslims who live in Indias North-Eastern State of Assam. They actually speak a dialect of Bengali. They chiefly live in the Barak Valley of Assam. The lives of the characters try to reveal how they think and live. They are not an isolated community. Rather the stories reveal how they can be linked to the Muslims of the rest of the world. The stories reveal about their past...