This volume is a collection of interviews with notable writers who have lived through the Partition and have represented it in their fiction. Writers like Bhisham Sahni, Krishna Sobti, Kamleshwar, Krishna Baldev Vaid, Bapsi Sidhwa, and Intizar Husain present a host of insights not always included in their work. Bhalla extensive introduction introduces the idea of home and freedom, and how the two are interlinked.