A state of emergency was declared in India a few years after the end of the railway strike. The novel deals with the intrigues and uncertainties that followed in Delhi. Here unfolds a conflicting chapter in the history of India.
A Pan Indian novel set against the backdrop of the 1974 railway strike and the subsequent declared state of emergency. A vivid expression of the lives of men who were awake in the dark days of Indian democracy. An extraordinary work that expresses the comprehensive emotional dimensions of the struggle of the strike.