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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
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.
