The common thread in Afshan's book is human relationship at various levels within the family, with friends, and so on and the story that unfolds is episodic and told as a flashback. It begins with Gauri, the protagonist, having a heated argument with her husband Arvind, head of an insurance company, wanting to invite his friends for dinner at a time when Shiela, Gauri's close friend in bereavement has come to stay with them on her invitation. Shiela, who happens to get snatches of the exchanges between the two walks out, leaving a letter behind for her friend. Gauri is consumed with embarrassment and guilt, even as the words of Shiela “It does happen at times that we suddenly realise that what we hitherto thought as the oasis of our sense of contentment is but a mirage. I hope that some day you truly find real happiness, which is based on mutual understanding and love” keep ringing in her ears. When Gauri starts reflecting on her life since marriage, it dawns on her that she had indeed no identity of her own. Then begins, her voyage of self-discovery. Indira and Vijay Virani, who belongs to a business family, are a happy couple until Vijay receives a letter from his sister Aarthi, the contents of which shock him no end. What really causes the rift is Indira making public Aarthis's secret, which becomes a subject of gossip among the social circles they move in.