Grade 10

Wordsmiths - This is a collection of 24 short stories, ranging from the classical to the modern and drawn from many countries.

Q & A (V.Swarup) - Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to scoop one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram�s life � how he was found in a dustbin by a priest; came to have three names; fooled a professional hitman; even fell in love � give him the crucial answers. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of modern India.