About the Book: Refugees from Fullai
A young newly-married couple is allotted a small kitchen as their bedroom where
they have to share space with tins of oil and spices, and bags of rice and flour
while the rest of the family is crowded into one room. This brings the reader
face to face with the stark reality of hardships faced by the Pandits who had to
flee the valley of Fullai and seek refuge in Bargat and Dramun. Leaving their
houses and orchards to be looted and destroyed, they suffered the heat and
humidity of their new homes while yearning for the cool climate