Through Kusum’s short stories, the reader embarks on many journeys through life’s varied cycles. We see a couple in old age, the sadness of prostitution and the brutality of rape, the issue of Aids and the catalytic
trauma of a new bride. Women’s sexuality, is highlighted in stories such as `The Wives`. There is some black humour and a macabre thread can be found running
through many stories that are full of surprises, deep imagination and unease. They are perceptive and sensitive and are written with an easy fluidity that is open to the reader’s interpretation.