This autobiography has been written with the hope that those of my relatives and friends, who either lost contact or not are in touch shall revive their relations once again; who were affected as a result of the upheaval of India’s partition, followed by massacre and abduction.
My life story has three phases: The first phase deals with killings of my close relatives by tribal people; the second phase describes how my younger brother and I courageously fought the misfortunes and lived a respectable life; the last phase mentions our happy life with our second, third and fourth generations
O.P. Modi was born on 25 October 1928 in a remote village of the Reasi District in Jammu and Kashmir. His father, Late Sant Ram Modi, was a high ranking officer, who was killed in Muzaffarabad, where he was posted. The author also lost his brother and many relatives in the raids. He joined the J&K Militia as a volunteer. Later, he was promoted as the Commander of a unit in the Militia. After a year, he was appointed the administrator of the Budhal Tehsil in the Rajauri District. He resigned after two years and got married. He left Jammu & Kashmir, along with his wife, and went to Chandigarh, where he worked as a government contractor. He returned to Jammu and set up a factory. He also started writing articles for local English dailies. He still writes articles, even at the age of eighty six.
