Rupture

The book recreates a past of Hindus and Muslims

living together in Kashmir. The atmosphere of togetherness

is rife. Almost perfect. The stories also return the reader

to the awful conditions of Hindu refugees as they began to

live in the refugee camps in Jammu and other places of India.

The Muslims back home in Kashmir have their terrible demons

to deal with. While Hindus as migrants are cut off from roots

and long for home, Muslims are in a unprecedented mess

caught up in the tangles of violence and counter violence.

The lives of both are in tatters. Only hope seems to be the

memory of togetherness, which may heal.