JANUARY 26, 2001. BHUJ. A YOUNG MAN WITHOUT THE UMBRELLA OF HIS PARENTS GOES TO A FRIEND TO SAVE HIS HEART DESTROYED BY THE BEHAVIOR OF HIS ELDER BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW, AND JUST AS HE IS GETTING OFF THE BUS, THERE IS A HUGE EARTHQUAKE - ONE AND A HALF MINUTES - THE DEATH OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT LIVES... THE HOUSES BUILT WITH MANY DREAMS ARE RAZED TO THE GROUND IN AN INSTANT. ..SOMEONE`S STOMACH BALLS WERE BURIED IN THE GROUND; SOMEONE`S SPOUSE, SOMEONE`S CHILDREN, AND SOMEONE`S UMBRELLA! HOW DO PEOPLE BEHAVE WHEN A STRONG SUPPORT GOES AWAY, THE PEOPLE THEY FEEL ARE GONE TOO; IN RECOVERING FROM IT, HOW THEIR ORIGINAL NATURE WITH VIRTUES AND DEFECTS EMERGES; HOW DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HUMAN NATURE BEGIN TO EMERGE FROM IT; THIS NOVEL IS A CONVINCING DEPICTION OF HIM. THIS STORY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST EVERYTHING, WITH NO ONE LEFT AS `THEIRS`, COMMENTS ON HUMAN NATURE AND HUMAN EXISTENCE, GIVES A NEW VISION.