Govindarajan's works mostly deal with issues of trafficking, exploitation and Child labour, and use allegories, metaphors and stream of consciousness technique.

It is inspired by the real life experience of Bharat Lal Meena, former additional chief secretary, Department of Higher Education of Karnataka.

Another girl, Nelli, aged 8, runs off from her mistress's home, gets kidnapped and sold in a brothel in Nagpur.

The story revolves around the Lady with the Slender Hands who traverses people, illegal trades and regions to map her back to who she was, so she can finally claim the freedom of who she wants to be.

Taboo takes place in South-East Asia, from Spain to Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu.