"Indu Sundaresan is one of the new generation of Indian novelists who not only sees, but is willing to write about those things going on behind closed doors, in the back streets, and far beyond the glare of bright city lights…Elegant and eloquent, her stories speak from the heart and are full of compassion…"
 
Richard Marcus, Blogcritics.org

"[Indu Sundaresan’s]…new book…turns her revealing prose on the contorted relationship of past and present in 21st-century India…These stories are portals into the Indian soul, revealing the breaches and the bonds that delineate the relationship between rural and urban India, and the intricate play of ancient stricture and modern striving in contemporary life…The stories within these pages are brilliant, penetrating…"
 
Don George, National Geographic Traveler