Part political thriller and part reimagining of the Ramayana, this novel is a critique of the political and media landscapes in modern India. It features a young investigative journalist who retraces Sita's steps in the years after she was banished from Ayodhya by her husband.
Throughout South Asia, young men and women are pursuing new educational opportunities and getting married later. This book focuses on three main areas of these adolescents' lives: college and student existence, same-sex and opposite-sex friendships and relationships, and the issues surrounding marriage and the choice of a husband or wife.