About the Book: Set in the late 20th century and early 21 st century in a small pilgrimage town of Vishnupur this is a tale of a middle-class family trying to move up the social ladder striving for a good life which just turned them into selfish superficial and materialistic men and women. The characters in the novella form the plot. It’s a story of lives not lived stories of humanity not always at its best. In the end it’s a story of karma settling its accounts.