The book recreates a past of Hindus and Muslimsliving together in Kashmir. The atmosphere of togethernessis rife. Almost perfect. The stories also return the readerto the awful conditions of Hindu refugees as they began tolive in the refugee camps in Jammu and other places of India.The Muslims back home in Kashmir have their terrible demonsto deal with. While Hindus as migrants are cut off from rootsand long for home, Muslims are in a unprecedented messcaught up in the tangles of violence and counter violence.The lives of both are in tatters. Only hope seems to be thememory of togetherness, which may heal.