A book examines the experiences of women survivors and witnesses of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, highlighting how the past is kept alive through collective memory. Commemorations occur annually at memorial sites and through shrine-centric rituals, but bazaar shopkeepers also see their shops as sites of sanctity. Survivors engage in continual remembrance through court hearings and protests, often returning to demonstrations due to unfulfilled political promises, which they view as mere gimmicks.