The author of this book is Syed Afzal Ali who was earlier appointed as Indian State Income Tax Commissioner. There are more than fifteen articles in this book which he writes on his acquaintances. Whenever he met an old friend of his, his old memories would be refreshed And he would write articles on them. Names of some of the articles in this book are payame qayes (mohammad hussain ke naam), jahannum se ek khat, inqalab, fareb aarzoo etc.