The story of a young rail union worker-turned journalist. Through the lens of his perceptions, a bigger story is told. A story of society, civilization, family, and the myriad ties of affection and disaffection that bind those engaged in the business of life. Hamza, Rangachari, Sushila, Rangeen and his wife, Avani, and Kathak are journalists living through strange times and strange circumstances. They are spinning in place, dancing around their own blindness. Great forces - love, danger, social custom, politics - are at work, some observed, some intuited, all of them plotting their next trick to play on the world.