Arnab Mitra is a senior journalist working at India's second largest English daily. He has closely watched the tectonic shifts that have taken place in India as it lurched its way from socialist basket case to the toast of the global economy. Mitra has personally witnessed how the country's macro-economic changes have affected the lives of countless individuals. His debut novel tells the story of two people who have lived, loved, and lost their innocence through the very process of economic liberation he has witnessed.