The book is about the journey of a common man called - "Siddharth". Born during partition times, Siddharth survives a fatal train accident. Thereafter he is raised by a Muslim woman and gets married to a Hindu girl. He goes through a psychoanalytic journey of knowing his own self through cultural, spiritual, and religious practices. Finally, he discovers his intermediate historical identity and moves the court toward a long-term peaceful and secular society of India.

The book is an extraordinary journey of the rise of a common person and his pursuit of truth, peace, salvation, and identity. It is one of the unique novels that takes the reader through a psychoanalytical self towards the journey of liberation and salvation.