The Whispering Memories is a brief reminiscence of struggleful life of me and my family.

This book also narrates an unforgettable memory of a horrific night of the chilly month of January when all five members of our family including one year old infant were made hostages and we three persons were stabbed in the stomach by the three masked robbers around 3 a.m. at our rented house. Our hands were tied while the blood was oozing out of our bodies lying faces down on the floor.

Shyam Kumar, the youngest sibling of one brother and five sisters, was born on 5th December 1945 in Multan (now in Pakistan). After partition of India in 1947, his entire family migrated as refugees to Delhi as refugees where they had to spend a few nights on footpaths opposite the Old Delhi Railway Station till the hunt for a shelter was over. He had his schooling at government schools in Delhi and graduation from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He joined New Delhi YMCA where he worked for 35 years. During this period, he authored a novel ? The Last Dawn, published in 1999 and a story book in Hindi ? Jheel Ke Us Paar, published in 2021.