The short-story, is one of the most important literary subgenres in Urdu literature, despite its relative youth. This was influenced by western and literary concepts and tendencies, as well as the contemporary industrial and mechanized environment. The literature that can help to provide permanent comfort and peace to the life of a common man breathing in a fragmented society and an oppressive system is undoubtedly 'Literature for Life'. After Premchand, Ali Abbas Hussaini has been a prominent short story writer who has an important place in Urdu fiction literature and history. He was a supporter of secular ideas and never blindly followed the ideas and thoughts of any political party or religion or sect. He had a strong hatred for sectarianism, against which he raised his voice in his short stories, he wanted peace and harmony in the country. This book "Baasi Phool (Stale flowers)" is a collection of short stories written by renown writer Ali Abbas Hussaini.

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پریم چند کے بعد علی عباس حسینی ایسے نمایاں افسانہ نگار رہے ہیں جنہیں اردو کے افسانوی ادب اور تاریخ میں ایک اہم مقام حاصل ہے۔ وہ سیکولر نظریات کے حامی تھے اور کبھی کسی سیاسی جماعت یا مذہب یا فرقے کے خیالات و افکار کی اندھی تقلید نہیں کی۔ انہیں فرقہ واریت سے سخت نفرت تھی جس کے خلاف انہوں نے اپنے افسانوں میں آواز بلند کی تھی، وہ ملک میں امن اور ہم آہنگی چاہتے تھے۔ یہ کتاب ان کے منتخب افسانوں پر مشتمل ہے۔