Aedan Garden of Desire

Hari is a young aspiring writer living in the countryside Hari lives with his mother in their sylvan surroundings His only excitement perhaps is the sight of the doctors young wife filling him with hope of an opportunity for flirting Sometimes he visits Peter Sir an old retired school teacher and widower The two lonely men take pleasure in a curious game over drinks and exotic dishes They cut out obituary notices from a local newspaper put them in a bowl and randomly pick them out one at a time They stake small amounts of money against each pick The person who picks the older victim of death becomes the winner and pockets the sum From among the pictures they pick Peter Sir recognizes two men Shaji and Kuriakose whose deaths tell entirely different talesone of a murder and the other of love