It is a hauntingly beautiful book. The story is fairly thickly knit, but essentially, it is about the portrayal and the social commentary. The story is set in a village on the border, and goes through its own crisis during the time of partition. 
 The book talks of the shallow understanding and belief that people have in religious philosophy, and how in the end it is just about us and them. Those who are to take action are busy justifying their small means and appeasing themselves with distractions. 
 Our prayers, sermons and religious sayings are all like grass that the cow chews out. We hardly process anything.Similarly, power and positions of power just become limited to the advantages they can offer. 
 The ending is beautiful. It is a turn , a good twist. It makes you rethink the who's who. You wonder if you have faith in the right people.