In his new book, Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines, author Amandeep Sandhu touches upon Punjab’s disquiet | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

In his new book, Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines, author Amandeep Sandhu touches upon Punjab’s disquiet | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Written by Parul |Updated: November 10, 2019 8:05:51 am

In his new book, Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines, author Amandeep Sandhu touches upon Punjab’s disquiet

"Towards the end of the book, my journeys have taught me empathy which now fills the hole in my heart," says author Amandeep Sandhu.

Amandeep Sandhu

In 2015, Amandeep Sandhu began a journey that strived to “resolve his emptiness about matters of Punjab”, an investigation that lasted for three years. In the process, Sandhu, whose first two books were autobiographical fiction, Sepia Leaves (2008) and Roll of Honour (2012), discovered that the land was far from what he had imagined. The result is Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines (Westland; Rs 899), his first non-fiction book. Excerpts from an interview: