The book contains nine stories of Indian immigrants which are undoubtedly universal in nature but are taken as native by the readers. Lahiris characters are all defective but what changes them to be good is their humanity. We need to understand them as sometimes we also behave like them. This collection reveals a great of human experiences that implies to our routine involvements in out daily routine. The book reveals how to use structural aspect of the language in such a simple and vivid expertise.