A collection of short stories illustrated with drawings that attempt to portray fourteen anecdotes through the eyes of the writer.
The tales build on tiny deeds and occurrences that showcase qualities that define us as human. Tales of happiness in sadness, joy in suffering, hope within despair, kindness, cruelty, love and hate; inherent aspects that prevail in those that lead life and drudge on the unvarnished veneers of society. The incidents take place on one of the oldest stations of India and the famed local trains that have plied through it for over a hundred years.

The writer appears in each, variously; as observer, protagonist or simply a listener. He recounts each tale with no presumption of the background to each nor any knowledge of their conclusion: This being the essential aspect of happenstance on a railway station. The effort is to engage the reader to draw their own...