"An insight into a troubled times" This is a story of strife, of revolt, of discord, of union: between people, between issues and between systems in the early seventies. Sarah, a young Jewish American girl comes to India in search of peace and harmony. Akshyayh, a Westernised Indian youth from a high society, breaks away and joins the hippies, in an ashram in Rishikesh. The two meet and the result is marriage and return to the strife-torn city of Calcutta. Akshyay begins sarode lessons and encounters a Naxalite in his music teacher's son. Sarah, renamed Sati, picks up a job in mercantile firm to help tide over pecuniary problems. The consequences... read the novel to find out and get a new insight into those chaotic years. Shockingly violent Outspoken Romance Class hatred Transcending love Suggestive Spiritualism Humanism "An explosive theme in a well-structured plot"