This collection of short stories is a live and a rich cultural reminiscences of the author's formative years at her birth place. Every story has an essence of Kashmiri tradition, customs and social ethos from times immemorial. They work as a stimulant in connecting the reader to the richness of Kashmir and still hold an inherent strength and essence for the progeny. "About the author" Avanti Sopory's maiden co-authored book "Crossed and Knotted" is India's first composite novel and is listed with the Limca Book of Records. Her woman centric short story is featured in "Defiant Dreams" and the book is listed with Commission on Status of Women, UN and the Oprah Book Club. Her third anthology "When They Spoke" has stories personifying inanimate objects. She was also commissioned to write stories for Om Book Publications. Her opinion pieces are published in Jammu based "Daily Excelsior" and "Early Times".