This volume includes Alekar's finest works in translation: Mahanirvan ('The Dread Departure'), Mahapoor ('Deluge'), Atirekee ('The Terrorist'), Pidhijat ('Dynasts'), Begum Barve, and Mickey ani Memsahib ('Mickey and the Memsahib'). Divided into two parts, the volume includes critical introductions by noted theatre critic Samik Bandyopadhyay prefacing each part, as well as an interview of Satish Alekar by Bandyopadhyay.