In its ferocity, in its unexpectedness, in its scale of carnage, and in the scars it left behind, the Partition has virtually no other parallel in Indian history. 'Stories About the Partition of India' edited by Alok Bhalla is a three-volume anthology of Partition stories. 'Vibhajanakaalathe Kathakal' is the Malayalam version of its first volume translated by K Sethumadhavan. It has painful stories by eminent writers from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Dressing Table, Lajjavathi, Sahathapam, Theevandi Amritsarilethi, Pakistanil Ninnoru Santharsakan are some of the 18 stories. Writers include Salil Chaudhuri, Jamila Hashmi, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Intizar Hussain, Saadat Hasan Manto, Manik Bandopadhyay, Bhisham Sahni, Yaspal etc