From a chess game fraught with emotional intrigue and peril, to the tale of a man who was given Buddha's eyes and learned to see the world differently with a highly romantic finale taking place in a far-away galaxy on the backdrop of the anniversary of the Titanic disaster, after exactly one thousand years in the future, A Blind Needle leads the reader through a maze of breath-taking stories and themes.
Irreverent and curious, Kulkarni's short stories explore society's beliefs and actions, mixing fantasy, fable and ideals to create various views and tones of voice with which to discuss questions as to why and how humanity governs itself.