This book is about  the complex legacy of August 15, 1947, describing it as a day of both celebration for India’s independence and mourning for its partition. It introduces a significant essay by Swami Ranganathananda, the 13th President of the Ramakrishna Math, titled "Swami Vivekananda and the Erasing of the Dividing Line."

Written on the actual day of Partition while the Swami was in Karachi, the piece was originally published in a Pakistani newspaper. Despite sixty years passing, the Swami’s vision for a unified India remains deeply relevant. The book laments the ongoing communal strife and rivalry between India and Pakistan, positioning the Swami’s historical insight as a spiritual remedy for these "obnoxiously distressing" divisions.