Koirala wrote the book in eight days (June 21 to 28, 1964) during his imprisonment in Sundarijal jail.

They spend a long time on the Koshi riverside and develop a deep affinity with each other.

The sexual desire for Sumnima haunts Somdutta till the end of his life.

He realizes that the celibacy education, which should be a ladder to salvation and austerity, instead kept him away from true happiness and experiencing life.

[3] The novel discusses the issues of minority, cultural differences and ethnic consciousness through innocent characters.