" ‘Rikta’ is the story of the emptiness that lies in each of us, with hope that someone, somewhere will be able to complete it and fill the void. But has anyone ever achieved it? Whose search has ever been completed? ‘Rikta’ is not merely a story it is like the very life, the air everyone breathes. The characters of ‘Rikta’ are people like you and me and that makes ‘Rikta’ a story, not of it’s characters but ours too. It’s a story of a mother’s struggle in Mumbai and her discovery of herself. " Key features :- Short Stories, hindi, rikta, StoryMirror, Hindi, life, women struggle, mother and child, mother life, working mother, working woman, career of mother, hindi novel, hybrid writing, hindi english novel, loneliness, alone, marriage and struggle, motherly love, motherhood