A group of villagers, led by an eccentric nomad, demands entry to a five-star hotel in New Delhi for a cup of tea. Yudhisthira arrives in heaven to find Draupadi behaving in a most disturbing manner. A young man takes Indira Gandhi for an intimate walk down to the river. In each of these twenty stories, writer Sunil Gangopadhyay conjures up intriguing events around enigmatic characters and leads them into an unexpected, moving climax. Sunil Gangopadhyay stands in contemporary Bengali literature like a colossus. He has won several literary awards, including the Ananada Puraskar (twice), the Bankim Puraskar and the Sahitya Akademi award. He is vice-president of the Sahitya Akademi, and one of the most powerful influences on Bengali and Indian writing. Arunava Sinha is a translator of classic and contemporary Bengali fiction.