Set in village called "Mooduru", the novel revolves around two main characters: Mookajji and her grandson Subbraya.

Subbraya always loves to listen to the stories told by his grandmother, instead of reading novels which fails in portraying reality.

He takes every matter to his Grandmother to know reality of them and he feels that Mookajji's answer appealing and real.

Although incidents happen in a village, the author makes Subbraya to ask questions regarding god, culture, belief, evolution and other social issues.

The novel has been translated in many languages such as English, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Oriya and Malayalam.