This is the story of Pramod, a young Indian, who, like many others, goes to the USA hoping to live a more ‘meaningful’ life, but is quickly disillusioned and, in desperation, opts for a totally unknown place which happens to be Basra in Iraq. This is an area of the world known as the ‘cradle of human civilization’, the land of Enki, who was an all-powerful Sumerian god—the ancient mythical equivalent of today’s totalitarian dictators. Pramod’s ...