This remarkable collection of stories from the eminent politician, human rights advocate and constitutional scholar Senator Raza Rabbani demonstrates a subtle literary imagination. His account of ordinary people, often engaged in a doomed quest for justice, engage us all the more because these folk barely seem to exist for those who profit from their labors. Indeed the men and women in these tales are the visible members of our society in Pakistan. he author tells their stories with a wonderful mix of art and mysticism.