The novel is the story of two friends, Sandeep and Ashutosh. They are very close to each other though opposite in many ways. Like all young boys of today they grow up under different influences. They face many ordeals for that is what life means. Ashutosh is an N.R.I., who has the craze to live in the glittering world of outside his country. A violent jerk shakes him and he wakes up to understand what life and its happiness means.
The fast moving events of the novel capture the mind of the readers. For in these moments and in the characters they can all somehow, somewhere identify themselves. It is a novel for all, young and old, men and women alike. A fierce battle is raging within all of us for more money, for higher positions and for greater comforts and all this at the cost of culture, values and good of the nation. There is an urgent call for a U TURN. We need to change our thoughts to change the world.

Dr. Krishna Saksena is a well known author of unbound name and fame. She has written a number of books which include novels, stories & essays. Her works have a unique blend of modernity with tradition. Her language is too simple, her style attractive and contents are dealt with ease and sharpness. She offers to her readers difficult problems solved in an easy and convincing way. The three generations that she takes up are presented in the form of a critical story looking to the interest of the reader. The author has lived a long life of ninety years. She had been
I witnessing the three generations in her life and found a great difference between the three. If the first was too strict and severe in clinging hard to traditions, the second had softened down to new values of love and helpfulness. In a way it was a beautiful world of togetherness. But this world soon dwindles into a world of selfishness and deceit. Importance of money rules the world. Cutting the throat and living a life of outward show and grand style is the fashion of the day. All this and much more are developed in a story form. Events are developed in a powerful manner that makes the novel both real and revealing.