A beautifully written, compelling and emotionally intelligent collection of short stories, Happy Birthday was published to critical acclaim and was also longlisted for the FRANK O'CONNOR PRIZE (2014), the world's biggest short story award. In the front row of Indian short fiction - The Sunday Guardian Pant creates characters that will surprise and move you - Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni An exceptionally thought-provoking narrative that is provocative and inspirational - Ashwin Sanghi These intimate stories juxtapose a range and register of aerial and emotional perspectives, with craft, delicacy and an intensely human sensibility - Namita Gokhale Meghna Pant's short stories stick like burrs. They are small, dramatic pieces that hook into the skin with urgent claims that are not easy to resolve or brush off - The Asian Age These are deft, merciless and expertly-tuned stories - Jeet Thayil