The Women of Phoolbari and Other Stories is a collection of ten stories. Family bonding, love and loss, difficulties of acceptance of alien culture in a small town, women's status in the family, the menace of dowry practice are some of the varied themes of the stories. In these intricately crafted stories of human life and relationship, the readers will be exposed to the private and individual worlds of the characters, their emotions and desires, most of the times concealed beneath the humdrum of everyday life. Set in the backdrop of small town realities, these snapshots of life unveil the essential conditions of human life.