Set in contemporary small town India, this story speaks about an unconfessed chemistry between a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy in tension fraught times and how their love gets thwarted even before it has a chance to blossom. In a series of tragic events triggered by the simultaneously occuring socio-political upheaval in the country, the author has revealed the ugly face of religion, caste, and power dynamics.
Is there any place for fragile emotions amidst bias and hatred? What is the fate of innocent love in a world where man hates man? With its communal prejudice, intolerance and power politics,this disturbing story holds a mirror to the ever prevalent ugliness in Indian society.
The end packs a punch and raises a pertinent question--In these times of communal disharmony can "happiness" even exist? 
