This was a fantastic collection of short-stories, almost all of which were based on real people who tried in big ways and small to help people, animals, and the world around them. Jeyamohan writes like a man possessed. He switches the tamil to the land the story is set and create narrators who are in awe of the central character of each story. The stories take off slowly setting the canvas and in more than two-three stories we look forward to that one or two sentences that will make this entire work glow. They do not hold back the punches – in using language to hurt or console.