In an age when family as an institution is shrinking out of existence, having
one could be a comfort. But not so for Srikant! True, a happy family would be
a luxury, and the best one can do is aspire to it. So that's what he does. Indeed,
his family appears to have a model of every vice.
He hopes against hope that his family would become one good family. But his hopes
remain hopes with father, Kota Srinivasa Rao, addicted to the bottle; mother,
Y Vijaya, obsessed with her chits; brother, Raghava, gambling with cards; a sister
and son-in-law, Brahmanandam, whos....