"On November 1st 1984, a day after the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a nineteen-year-old student travels back from a class trip with his mentor and chemistry teacher, Professor Singh. As the group disembark at Delhi station a mob surrounds the professor, throws a tire over him, douses him in gasoline and sets him alight.Years later the student, Raj, is compelled to find his professor's widow, the beautiful Nelly. As the two walk through the misty mountains of Shimla, Nelly comes up against a nation in denial, Raj faces the truth about his father's role in the Sikh massacre and they both find the path leads back to the train station. Jaspreet Singh crafts an affecting and important story of a largely untouched moment in Indian memory"--
- ISBN10 1608199568
- ISBN13 9781608199563
- Publish Date 6 August 2013
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 August 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 290
- Language English