Book excerpt: The book Musings comprises of eight short stories and a novella. The first story narrates the harrowing experiences of an Indian housewife trying to break away from the shadows of her authoritarian and nagging spouse. The second story talks about a middle-aged painters musing, whose bewitching beauty inspires him to paint her life-size portrait. The third and the fourth stories recount the mischief and pranks of little girls driving their mothers into a tizzy with their escapade. The fifth and the eighth stories are packed with wisdom while the sixth and the seventh portray how young career women manage their personal and social affairs gracefully in modern India. The Novella Over the Horizon is about a small-towner, Piya, who finds love in a soulless yet mesmerizing metropolis. Read on to find out how things unfold.