This short novel is a meaningful attempt to delve deep into the mentality of NRIs and capture their confusion layer by layer with great sensitivity. Such people, who know that it is not possible to return to India after staying abroad for a few years, but they also know that happiness was neither there nor here. The feeling of uncertainty and insignificance in the home country, as well as the experiences amongst the family upon return, leave a ?bitter taste? in the mouth. This experience was such that the heroine first went through 'cultural shock' abroad and then 'reverse cultural shock' after returning home.