Tales from Firozsha Baag - Rohinton Mistry

Since the time i watched Pestonjee, i have been fascinated by the Parsi community. My father was of the opinion that there are only two kinds on Parsis, either they are phenominally brillant or they are totally dumb. And the only parsi i knew in my life.. the late Dr. Bharucha (my uncle's friend) , one of the most interesting person i have met in my life belonged the former catergory.
So it was this desire to know more about them that made me pick up Tales of Firozsha baag. The book contains about 10 short stories all revolving around the three apartment blocks of Firozsha baag and each with a reference to the other.
All the stories revolve around human emotions, be it lost love or someone trying to adjust to life in Canada. Each character is unique, be it Najamai or Rustomji or Nariman, but Kersi and Jehangir are the two that are most interesting.
Recommended........

Best Indian Short Stories - Vol I and II

Each one picked by Khuswant Singh, most of which he received during his stint with Illustrated weekly.
As he mentions in the introduction, that the art of short stories is thankfully still intact in India, whereas in most other places, they try to squeeze a novel into a couple of pages and pass it off as a short story.
The ones listed in these two books range from supernatural to mystic, from subjects dealing with human emotions to natural disasters etc. Notable among these are the ones by Qurratulain Hyder, P.L. Desphande, R.K. Laxman and Khuswant Singh. I specially liked Honour by Q.Hyder and the KS game from Khuswant Singh..
Most of these are translated from Urdu, punjabi and hindi and I guess they would have sounded better reading them in the language in which they were written coz somewhere along the line, the translated story loses its flavour..But a must have nonetheless..