Beyond the Crumbling Heights, while laying bare the social ills prevailing in the society, is the story of a slum boy, who in spite of living in a home where violence is of frequent occurrence, and life is full of trials and hardships, lives a straight, honest life, till an urgent need steers him to crime. Soon he enters a world of unique criminal set-up where he finds glamour and luxury. A bite of fate takes him to the realm of religious fanaticism where his psyche is molded to do whatever his religious mentors want him to do. Escaping from there he finds himself face to face with death,...