Remember to Forget

by Neel Kamal Puri

The Punjab insurgency has ended, and Ludhiana is trying to emerge from the shad- ow of the gun. Tejpal is yet to outrun a murderous mob in his dreams. Mr Bakshi is, once more, throwing parties at his palatial home, but they cant erase the gnawing pain of lost innocence. Gurjant Singh, once the self-styled keeper of Sikh pride, is now a mere goon for hire, and madly in love with Sweety the dancer. And childlike Kailla, always the innocent bystander, has no answers when a visit by the police shakes him out of his dreamlike existence. In this novel of interconnected lives, told with wit, empathy and understanding, Neel Kamal Puri brings alive the stories of a wounded city and its inhabitants for whom the only way to survive is to remember to forget.

187 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2012

About the author

Neel Kamal Puri was born in Ludhiana, Punjab. She teaches English literature and media studies at Chandigarhs Post Graduate Government College for Girls. Her published works include a novel, The Patiala Quartet.

Reviews

[Jitin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really one of the marvellous little book that takes you inside myriad lives and the dilemmas of religious conflict and hunger for power affecting all lives. It is seriously one of the best I have ever read and even though it has only few pages, it is intense and triggering taking you into a world where word and thing aren't as separate as otherwise they do. It affects your body with a stab and therefore is not prudent about going into oral and anal narratives.

[Baljit · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars.

This had potential but too many characters and too many characters all jumbled up in and interesting setting.

[Alesa · Rating 1 out of 5]

I gave up early on this book because I didn't like any of the characters. The tone was just too negative.