This collection of 30 short stories, the last of which is in the form of a poem, throws deep insights into human life and behaviour. The following lines from the stories will give you an idea about the profundity that lies within this book.

• “If a Muslim marries a Hindu, what will happen?” The man asked the sky. “They will copulate and populate like any other couple.” [Love in the Time of Corona]
• “Every dictator has filled the vacuum in his soul with heaps of corpses.” [How to Write New History]
• "History's lacunae are more interesting, Sumit. The actual truths lie there." [Makers of History]
• “It's terrible to realise that your life was just a sham, a pretence, sheer make-believe.” [Two Sins]
• “But we shall wade into the river of love, my darling,” sang Mumtaz, “and find the depths that will save us, while the surface will drown them in ripples of hate.” [Romance in the Tombs]
• “I’m dying happily. With the knowledge that my love kept you awake in the nights.” [Upagupta and Vasavadatta]
• “How will god wash away his sin of killing thousands of infants?” [A Madman’s Christmas]