This finest collection of short stories is fused with all the unique aspects of Tagore's witings-social realism,traditionalism,universality,supernatural elements, belief in God,ideologies,fantasies and so on. Stories like 'The Postmaster,' and 'The Cabuliwallah,' portray the struggles of women and girls in traditional Indian society. This collection, with its excellent blend of all literary qualities of Tagore's works will, no doubt, make an interesting reading for people of all ages.