The story, if there is any, did not move me. In a country focused on skin shading, Ved and his family being estranged for their Anglo-Indian roots is hard to acknowledge. There are slips of highlight. There are goofs of accentuation. Consider the going with line on page 121 - "Ved gives her his cellphone and take her into the room." On page 154 "Yes, he was Iona." It should have been "Yes, he was with Iona." Mistakes like these destroy the examining foundation joined with a plot, which is extremely plot. There are books which with no plot motivate a passionate reaction with the peruser.