What are the motifs in Swimming Lessons by Rohinton Mistry?

Voyeurism is a theme in these stories. Describing a sexually repressed society, it is not odd that Rohinton Mistry depicts voyeurism far more often than he does real sex. Old Rustomji enjoys watching voluptuous, young Gajra work, hoping a nipple may escape her short choli. He is frustrated when his young wife sends Gajra away after a quick sweeping. Young Kersi once pursues a rat into Najamai's flat, but misses it when he sees daughter Vera naked after a bath; later, chasing a thief, he recalls Vera and having once seeing a young man fondling a milkmaid on the street. Evil Pesi Mody scares Vera and Dolly to look up their miniskirts with a flashlight and, pretending to help the victims, the grown-up men are little better. Eric D'Souza has a reputation for masturbating in school.