This book is a travelogue by Raza Ali Aabdi, detailing his train journey from Quetta to Kolkata in March 1996. More than just a geographical account, it's a narrative of human relationships, emotions, and encounters. Aabdi portrays the bonds, friendships, and feelings that develop among strangers in a train compartment. He highlights train travel as an excellent means to understand and connect with people, recounting numerous human stories from his long journey.

Raza  Ali Abidi, A famous  Pakistani Journalist and author,  born on 30th December 1935 at Rourkee, India. Moved to Karachi  with his family in 1950, and then migrated to London and worked for  the BBC (Urdu) from 1972 till 2008. He is best known for  his  radio documentaries. One of them is about the Grant trunk Road, titled  “jurnaili  Sadak” and  the other , his travelogue  along  the banks of the Indus river . They are available in the book form too.    He has  several  other books to his credit.   He has also written and compiled many interesting books for children.