From Amazon.com: "This is eyewitness history of the highest order. It has a compelling authenticity that those who write about the partitions of India, without having lived the experience, can never convey. Through its vivid observation and masterful analysis, this book brings alive the passionate mood of the times and takes the reader into the heart of one of the most heart-wrenching events in Indian history. Although this is B.R. Nanda's first book, written over fifty years ago, it is full of mature judgements and wise insights articulated with rare literary elegance."