The short-story, is one of the most important literary subgenres in Urdu literature, despite its relative youth. This was influenced by western and literary concepts and tendencies, as well as the contemporary industrial and mechanized environment. The literature that can help to provide permanent comfort and peace to the life of a common man breathing in a fragmented society and an oppressive system is undoubtedly 'Literature for Life'. Devendra Satyarthi is one of the few creators who, in addition to his fiction writing, has been famous for collecting folk songs in various cities of the subcontinent by assuming the form of a monk. It is said that the basis of his stories is based on folk songs and mythological stories. This book "Aur bansarii bajti rahi (And the flute kept playing)" is a collection of few of his famous short stories. / دیوندر ستیارتھی اُن چند تخلیق کاروں میں سے ایک ہیں جو اپنی افسانہ نگاری کے علاوہ سنیاسی کا روپ دھار کر برصغیر کے مختلف شہروں میں لوک گیت جمع کرنے کے لیے مشہور رہے ہیں۔ کہا جاتا ہے کہ ان کے افسانوں کی بنیاد لوک گیتوں اور دیومالائی داستانوں پر قائم ہے۔ یہ کتاب ان کے چند منتخب افسانوں پر مشتمل ہے۔