Minor boys sexually exploited “Youth fired by unrealistic idealism *Misguided youths ending up as terrorists “The elderly abandoned by their children “Politicians exploiting tragedies for their own selfish needs Children failing parental ambitions “Self destruction; a brilliant editor dies in oblivion.

Each of these common issues and many more find expression in this collection of absorbing short stories which speak of the ills that plague the society the ugly truth of the everyday citizen; the elephant in the room