A Romance Called Life

To achieve authenticity I have merely tried to relate the story to a time and space frame where and when I have myself lives and observed individuals and events and drawn my own conclusions. The main historical events at the national level used as a background to the novel’s story, however, have been described as truthfully as humanly possible. I do, however, grant the reader privilege to have viewed the same incident differently and drawn his conclusions different from those of mine. This is what actually adds spice to life. Isn’t it? The story deals with the problems of a family totally uprooted during the great partition of the country in 1947 and describes in detail their heroic struggle to resettle themselves on this side of the border in India. It involves their three generations covering a period of almost fifty years since independence. How far they succeed or where they failed and why, has been left to the judgement of the reader. I have merely presented the story as I visualised it and have passed no judgement on anyone. In a way this is also the story of thousands of other families similarly uprooted and scattered and similarly struggling to find their footing. Many have perished and vanished from the scene. Many have succeeded also and done even better than before, but every one has paid the price. The society that has wrought this havoc, however, must pause and ponder. They can not easily be absolved of their share of the blame.