The novel is set in the present time of Dehradun, but it visits Delhi through memory lane. The story opens with Sanjay and his father Dilip sharing the same house in an unconventional and uncomfortable way. Initially, the authors build air about these two characters. Much has been changed since the untimely death of Madhu—Dilip's wife. The authors brilliantly captured the melancholia and gloominess that pervades when a close one from the family passes away.