He wrote this book in three days (28–30 January 1964) while he was imprisoned in Sundarijal jail.

While most retelling uses a primary or secondary character's viewpoint, Koirala told the story of how a war can affect an ordinary person too.

[4] Within the book, emotions like war, love, sexuality, beauty, longing, anger, morality, honesty, fear, bravery, deceit, renunciation, emptiness and indomitable aspirations are shown in Koirala's smooth prose.

[5] The story begins with a boy travelling from Nepal to India with a guy called Misirji.

The boy wishes to visit the Hadaha Pokhari but Modiaain stops him since it is night-time.