A collection of charming and idiosyncratic stories about the emotional "landscape" of the subcontinent as seen through the eyes of an ex-pat visitor. The outspoken candour of the stories will utterly disarm the reader. As an interface between cultures, the book explores the quests and aspirations of life with sensitivity and empathy. This photographic journal of barriers of language and culture in affirmation of the common humanity of its protagonists. The clamor and contradictions of life amidst the heat and dust of India with its complex social stratification, its betrayals and epiphanies is documented with clear-eyed humor and a deep compassion.