It is said that life is nothing but a collection of short stories. Some make one smile while some elicit tears.
The book ‘City Under Curfew and Other Stories’ by Fazayal Shabbir contains twelve short stories of normal people stuck up in abnormal situations.
Shabbir’s short stories revolve around different situations from an honest police officer caught up in curfew duty, a bus cleaner who dreams of becoming a bus driver, a man with six failed suicide attempts, a man on the wrong side of one sided love, a hardworking and just married woman getting the promotion she always wanted and the first train journey of someone new in a travelling job, among others.
Shabbir studied mechanical engineering followed by a post graduate diploma in business management on the academic front but is unconventional in other aspects of his life. With a black belt in Judo and accomplishments at state level, he continues to keep sports close to his heart.
With expertise in training and development, the author loves to travel and observe people around him, a trait that augments his training skills, borrowing from real life experiences and people to develop people in the most relevant way.
The author resides in Mumbai and this is his first book.