Janak, a mild-mannered tailor in the remote village of Giripul, tucked away in
the Himalayas, is besotted with his beautiful but sullen wife. All he wants is
her love. Instead, he must deal all day with the village women who come to him
with bits of cloth to stitch and who want to share their dreams with him.
Then a dead body is found in the village, and everyone jumps into the fray to
solve the murder. From the headman's third wife and his Chinese
hairdresser–mistress, to Shankar the fisherman-turned-sleuth, Lala the teashop
owner and Lala's ex-contract killer cook, and a travelling magician – each