An anonymous narrator explains the problems in his life in a string of letters to his daughter. The letters, which span the narrator's life in India and England and have his daughter and their connection as their continuous focus, tell of expectations not being met and promises being violated. Soumya Bhattacharya tells a tale of longing, love, and loss in prose of amazing beauty and strength. In the end, the story is about the new India and how its economy can make or ruin a man who always aspired to be no more?or no less?than a writer. It is a story about how luck, chance, and an unexpected turn of events may profoundly transform our lives.