Once There Was Me

‘A man's search for freedom from an imposed identity and forced displacement to an understanding of religion and finally a rejection of how the idea of God is marketed to billions in India. Lucid prose, deeply emotional, and scathing in its treatment of organized religion. Powerful!’ – AMANDEEP SANDHU, author of Roll of Honour

‘Bobby Sachdeva's book Once there was Me is at once raw and sincere. Filled with painful memories of a tumultuous past, this is a narrative that is deeply personal but one that the world must read - especially today when differences can be deadly’ –PARO ANAND, author of No Guns at My Son’s Funeral

‘A compassionate novel about lives distorted by the tragedies of Partition and the events of 1984 and 2002, and one man's attempt to break free from the stranglehold of the past in order to usher in a brave new India. A work with especial relevance for the times we live in’ –VIKRAM KAPUR, author of The Assassinations: A Novel of 1984

‘A deeply personal account on a sprawling canvas of history in which desires and conflicts intersect with borders and pogroms. An unsettling story of dispossession and displacement in a world where the earth keeps moving under the feet. Pointedly topical for the times we live in’ –ANIRUDH KALA, author of The Unsafe Asylum: Stories of Partition & Madness

PRAISE FOR THE Stories of Us by Bobby Sachdeva

‘Bobby Sachdeva has the rare talent to think of original stories. The stories move you, often question prevalent beliefs and expose shams of our society. There is a visual quality in the storytelling that makes the stories accessible’– BOBBY BEDI, film producer and director, Kaleidoscope Entertainment Ltd

‘These stories of inhuman bondage, be it of blind faith, lust or exploitation, will hopefully shock the reader out of complacency to seek answers to the questions’ – NIRUPAMA DUTT, poet, journalist and translator

‘His short stories will give you more than enough fodder for understanding life. What better way to succinctly capture the lengths of moments in words’ – KRISHIKA LULLA, film producer, Eros International

‘These thought-provoking stories … make us question many undesirable aspects of everyday life which we mindlessly subscribe to. A very readable, interesting book’ – MITRA PHUKAN, author, translator and columnist