India 1944-48', a novel by pioneer Tamil writer Ashokamitran, is about two lives - before and after the Indian independence. Published first as two separate novellas 'Bombay 1944', 'India 1948', the work has been now compiled into a single novel as per the author's wish. Reclaiming memories blurred by the unstoppable flow of time, Ashokamitran paints men and their struggles from two varied and important time periods of the nation.