Fifty vignettes showcase the myriad shades of human nature a man dumps his aged father in an old-age home after declaring him to be a homeless stranger, a tribal chief in the sahyadri hills teaches the author that there ...Fifty vignettes showcase the myriad shades of human nature a man dumps his aged father in an old-age home after declaring him to be a homeless stranger, a tribal chief in the sahyadri hills teaches the author that there is humility in receiving too, and a sick woman remembers to thank her benefactor even from her deathbed. These are just some of the poignant and eye-opening stories about people from all over the country that Sudha Murty recounts in this book.