What does it mean to find a place in a world that keeps leaving people behind?
Award-winning author Johny Takkedasila brings together a collection of deeply moving stories set on the margins of society, where hardship coexists with dignity, tradition meets change, and love endures through separation and grief.
With quiet grace and profound insight, Takkedasila portrays the resilience of people confronting displacement, old age, prejudice, fractured relationships, and a rapidly changing society. Each story reveals emotional truths that are often overlooked, transforming everyday experiences into powerful works of literature.
Rooted in the cultural realities of India yet universal in its emotional depth, this collection explores compassion, identity, justice, and hope. Through these unforgettable stories, Johny Takkedasila emerges as a distinctive voice in contemporary Indian literature, inviting readers to see the overlooked, hear the unheard, and discover the extraordinary within the ordinary.