Smita P Mukherjee 
Table No. 10 and other peculiar short stories from far and beyond 

Peculiar is not familiar yet created out of familiar situations, environments, and people…

Table No. 10 is a collection os many such peculiar situations faced by simple people due to their own perceptions and prejudices. More often than not we thik we are in control, but there is an invisible force in the form of destiny, and at times a paranormal force that controls our lives. From the crowded lanes of Manhattan where a mute girl named Lakshmi finds her voice, to a crowded yet haunted Iranian cade where three errant souls, Swamu, Jaroo and Tony, are looking for liberation, to a harmless children’s gang fight in Afghanistan that turns bloody, Table No. 10 is a collection of 18 such peculiar situations in the lives of 18 simple persons across the universe.