The author, in his seventy seventh year, is an engineer, former banker, accredited mediator and a practising lawyer. He employs fiction as a moral instrument to interrogate power, expose hypocrisy and confront the steady of erosion of ethics in the society. His work reflects courage, intellectual honesty and an uncompromising commitment to truth. For fifty four years, he has shared deep companionship with his wife, Sudesh, whose spiritual strength is an enduring anchor in his life’s journey.