KAMBAKHT NINDAR, THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT HINDI AUTHOR DR NARENDRA MOHAN, IS A LITERARY WORK REVOLVING AROUND SELF ; WHICH HE HAS INTERWOVEN WITH THE JOYS AND SORROWS OF HIS PERSONAL LIFE BY DEEPLY INTROSPECTING UPON ISSUES IN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SPHERES OF HIS TIMES. HE DEPICTS THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO EMERGENCIES WHERE THE FIRST EMERGENCY WAS THE MOMENT OF HIS BIRTH IN A DARKENED ALLY OF A CITY STRIFE WITH GUNSHOTS AND COMMUNAL VIOLENCE . PARTITION THAT SET INDIA FREE , WAS ALSO THE TRIGGER TO THE LARGEST EXODUS AND TRAGEDY IN HUMAN HISTORY AS MILLIONS MIGRATED AND DIED IN THE ENSUING VIOLENCE. AS YOUNG NARENDRA ( OR NINDAR AS HE WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED BY BEEJI,HIS MOTHER ) AND HIS FAMILY HAD TO FLEE AND ARRIVE AT AMRITSAR AS REFUGEES , THE STUNNING PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF THOSE MOMENTS HAUNTED AND PUSHED HIM TOWARDS CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. KAMBAKHT NINDAR IS ONE OF THEM.
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