Sampath Chawla is born into a family slightly off kilter to a mother not quitelike her neighbors in a town not quite like other towns. After years offailure at ... » 

Sampath Chawla is born into a family slightly off kilter to a mother not quitelike her neighbors in a town not quite like other towns. After years offailure at school failure at work it does not seem as if Sampath is going toamount to much.Then Sampath climbs up a guava tree in search of a life ofpeaceful contemplation and becomes famous as a hermit. Written with richhumor and an eye for the eccentric this is a magical tale of a world goneslightly mad. «