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Travelling the length and breadth of India, the stories in this extraordinary debut collection shine a loving light on questions of personal responsibility and mortality. And the ceaseless seeking of the better at the cost of the good. Rest - An old patriarch assesses his life's purpose during his last days.
Garden - A Reiki practitioner is attracted to the wife of his patient.
His Shoes Fit Snug - A woman confronts the possibility of her son's death following an avalanche at Everest base camp.
Flight - A young couple struggle with their deteriorating marriage and as passengers on a hijacked plane.
Conscience - A pickpocket sees the upshot of his actions.
Rose and Rana - Bela and her new neighbours traverse unexpected events together.
Afternoon in Malabar - Danger lurks when three children, brothers, go for a swim to the river.
Pooja Nair grew up in Pune, India. She worked for a major media corporation in an earlier life and has lived in New York, London, Paris, Boston and Los Angeles but her stories are mostly influenced by her early years in India. She now divides her time between Portland Oregon and Palakkad Kerala, or wherever she is allowed to pitch her leaf-green all weather tent.