The book is basically about the genocide of the Kashmiri Pandits on and even before January 19, 1990. Narendra, the main protagonist, is a man who if exists in real life, can be the inspiration for many.
Killing of around 300 and exodus of more than half a million Kashmiri Hindus took place in the campaign of ethnic wiping of Kashmiri Hindus from the soil of Kashmir, one of the largest exoduses of the century and almost doubles the number when compared to the exodus of Jews from Germany and Austria.