n this racy, titillating and controversial novel, Gopichand takes a fresh look at the perennial man-woman relationship and tells the story of an attractive, educated, young woman. Usha Rani marries Ramanujam and dreams of spending a wonderful time with him. But soon she comes to know that he suffers from nightmares and does not want the two of them even to sleep in the same room! She is hardly satisfied with her marital sex and takes lovers. She convinces herself that her affairs have only made her a better wife to her husband.

Her third lover, Kamalakaram, shows up the double standards in society, one for man, another for woman. Sexual nonconformist that she is, Usha Rani later realizes that her husband will only have troubles on her account and resolves not to make a mess of his life.