In the aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984, many Sikhs were burnt, stabbed, beaten and otherwise hunted to their deaths across Delhi. Many of them were children. Several hundreds were killed elsewhere in the country. The author uses personal histories to expose the truth of a State-sponsored riot: the thousands of lives that were destroyed, the cruel apathy of subsequent governments, the lack of reparations, the denial of justice. Poignant and raw, this book lays bare the innards of one of the most shameful episodes of sectarian violence in post-Independence India.