As the bus journeyed on, I struck up a conversation with the conductor, Kambi. He was a kind-hearted man, with a quick wit and a love for storytelling. He regaled me with tales of his own travels, of the people he had met, and the places he had seen.
—from the crowded bus setting to the subtle interactions between characters—making the reader feel like they are right there in the window seat. The mallu kambi kathakal bus yathra