An entrepreneur in Bosnia, a ghost in the elevator, a deaf-mute father who dies
yearning for his son's acceptance, a fantastical kingdom of people without
tongues, a young girl on the threshold of marriage and death – this collection
of stories takes us through the strange and often twisted realities that shape
our lives. We meet the pragmatic Dina Lal who trades religion for safety in
anti-Hindu Pakistan, a still-dignified Narjis on her last journey while her
child sleeps in the arms of her jailor, and several others – young and old, male
and female – as they wrestle with the dile mmas of conflicting cultures