AAISI AKSHARE IS A COLLECTION OF 20 STORIES. MOSTLY CENTERING AROUND WOMEN. A WOMAN IN DIFFERENT SHADES AND COLORS. IN SOME STORIES IS MEEK AND FEEBLE. IN OTHERS SHE IS STRANG-WILLED. A FEW STORIES ALSO SHED D LIGHT ON HER SIGN UNCONVENTIONAL ANGLES. 'PRATIBIMBA' STORY THAT PIN-POINTS TO THE STATUS OF WOMAN IN A MALE-ORIENTED SOCIETY. GAURI GRACIOUSLY ASSUMES MAHUA`S DAUGHTER`S MOTHERHOOD. WHY THIS GOOD TURN. THE STORY GARBAGE QUESTIONS THE VALUES OF THE MODERN GIRL. WHAT TRANSPIRES TWEES SHREE & SHWETA AFTER ENGAGEMENT ? IN 'MUKHAWATA' JAYANTI EXHIBITS ATTENTION. SEEKING BEHAVIOUR. WHAT IS HER MOTIVE? LIFE IS B`FUL IS A STORY OF THAT STRONG, SUPPORTIVE MOTHER WHO STANDS BY HER AILING, DYING SON`S DECISION. WE MEET SAYARA IN ``MOTHER`S DAY` AND WITNESS HER TRAGIC END MILES AWAY FROM HER HOME! IN EKA WADALACHI WAT ARUNA, THE PROTAGONIST IS BRAVING DEPRESSING SITUATION AT HER WORK A PLACE. DOES SHE WIN? `PAITHANI` ELUCIDATES HUMAN EGOISM AT ITS WORST. ALL IN ALL, THIS JOURNEY INTO THE EVE`S WORLD LEAVES ITS IMPRINTS ON THE MINDS OF THE READER.