From the sensitive portrayal of a father's relationship with his daughter of marriageable age in Dhirendra Nath's Bats' to the woman-centric A Nymph of the Desert' by Arupa Patangia Kalita from Apurba Sarma's story of the legendary king Vikramaditya and Monica a modern trophy wife this collection brings together stories which with their simplicity and variety of themes bring out the most poignant aspects of life in its myriad forms.