Manoj Das has been my favorite Indian author from childhood. We have grown reading his short stories as part of course curriculum and I am sure his stories must be inspiring the new generation as much it had us. The tales told by mystics is not an original collection of stories. There are about 100 stories which you would have heard, read or have been exposed to from various sources. Manoj Das has tried to compile this into one book of about 300 pages. There is never a low point in the book. You can pick up and read from any page you like. The stories are very short about 2-3 pages. So you can read in between your regular activities. Definitely, the philosophical parables in the list of stories are worthwhile. Not a new collection but the Manoj Das's language is impeccable and style has no parallels.
I thought I would leave fiction reading but writers like Manoj Das make it really hard. Thanks to him I am back to reading some of his fiction.
