Ashutosh Marathe is an ex-cricketer who has represented India in Under 15 category and has also played for his State in Under 19 and Under 22 matches. He is a merit list holder in H.S.C. examination and has topped the Marketing Management course from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. He is a partner in two law firms that specialises in consumer litigation. Ashutosh was brought up in a clustered economic living inhabited by a class of people often referred to as the 'also-ran'. A ring side view of their struggle led to his conviction that ordinary people lead life less ordinary. His compilation of true stories illuminates that extra he found in the so-called ordinary that is abundantly available but rarely noticed.