It is not everyday readers that get the opportunity to experience a well crafted fictional work that strings them through an immersive reality of two generations and bring both to a point of meaningful convergence, but, with the portrayal of Kaka, cast in an ancient plot and Zubaida in a modern world, Mairo Mohammad Mudi’s latest book, “pot of soup,” have succeeded in serving this rarity to its target audience. The work is a story that revolves around two women from different generations and background whose path crossed when they...