In this book's opening parable, King Yudhishthira asks Agnidev, the god of fire, how his people can be happy on the day their old stories are found untrue. That day has come. We carry supercomputers in our pockets and consult astrologers before a wedding. We know that any two people share about 99.9 per cent of their DNA, and still divide ourselves by birth and creed.

In twenty-six short chapters, a civil engineer from Surat sets what science has learned about the world beside the choices that ordinary people face every day: how we treat a daughter, whom we respect, what we forward on our phones, and where we give our hard-earned money.

At every crossroads, it asks one question: which road keeps humanity at the centre?

Its companion novel is Sonpar.