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IN THE STORY `GHANERICHAN PHOOL` IN THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES, AN UPPER CASTE PAINTER CHEATS A DALIT GIRL AND MARRIES A FOREIGN GIRL AND THE DALIT GIRL COMMITS SUICIDE. AVERAGE LOOKING SUNANDA`S GROOM DIES DURING THE MARRIAGE IN `TODGA`. THEN SHE READS A LETTER WRITTEN TO HER BY BAPU, WHO IS IN LOVE WITH HER EVEN BEFORE HER WEDDING, AND THAT LETTER BRINGS AN `OASIS` TO HER DESOLATE LIFE. IN THE STORY OF `JAKHAM`, SUMATI`S COLLEGE FRIEND PRABHAKAR, WHO HAS TURNED FORTY AND HAS A GOOD LIFE, COMES TO HER HOUSE. HE WANTS TO REMIND HER OF THE MOMENTS OF PASSIONATE LOVE HE AND SUMATI SPENT TOGETHER. IN THE STORY `DENA`, THE INDIAN WRITER COMPARES INDIAN CULTURE (ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF MALE-FEMALE RELATIONSHIP) AND WESTERN CULTURE THROUGH EVA, A YOUNG FOREIGNER. A COLLECTION OF READABLE STORIES MADE FROM A COLLAGE OF COINCIDENCES IN HUMAN LIFE, DESTINY, HUMAN MIND, MEN AND WOMEN, ART AND LIFE.