I am the story of the perennial lovers, Ranjha and Heer. \n \nI am the story of Waris Shah, of Bulleh Shah’s dhammal, the rise of the Sikh misl and the fall of the Mughal Empire. \n \nI am a story told in two parts, in two different narrative styles. \n \nOn the one hand, I am the story of a young Waris, displaced from his home and his journey to Kasur, Pakpattan and Malka Hans, where he finally composed this most iconic love legend of Punjab. \n \nOn the other hand, I am the story of Heer and Ranjha, being written by Waris Shah. \n \nThroughout the novel, I flow between these two narratives, these two worlds—of eighteenth-century Punjab and a timeless Punjab.