Devdas Kakati writes with passion. Equipped with a rich repertoire of words, he effortlessly moulds the language to suit the occasion. He writes forcefully with conviction. Garnished with some scintillating passages and lyrical interludes his writing becomes both poignant and persuasive. Once started, the reader would like to move right through the many intriguing situations and evocative passages. He takes the reader smoothly from crisis to crisis. In the story Satyaki dropped school to join the militants, comes back after 20 years to his teacher for guidance-"I was told that society cheated...