Ghosts in Our Backyard: The Ramsays’ Real-Life Encounters with the Supernatural

6 April 2021

Praise for the book:

“In Ghosts in Our Backyard, we see how the spooky and the unknown were a big part of the lives of the Ramsay family even behind the camera lights”
Sujoy Ghosh, Writer and Film maker

“Deliciously creepy accounts of the undead from Bollywood’s first family of horror … atmospheric, bloodcurdling, and at the same time – nostalgic.”
K. Hari Kumar, author of India’s Most Haunted

“A fun new addition to the growing literature on the Ramsay family.”
Shamya Dasgupta, author of Don’t Disturb the Dead

About the Book
The Ramsays, India’s first family of horror, are synonymous with the supernatural and gore. Through their films and series they introduced India to churails that floated across the screen, ghouls that woke up from eerie graveyards, and houses that buzzed with ghosts.

But few knew that behind the production drama, elaborate sets, and haunting showtunes, there was a more sinister story. For the Ramsays, the supernatural wasn’t just stuck to the screens and camera – it creeped into their lives, too.

Alisha Kirpalani, the granddaughter of FU Ramsay, has grown up on stories that question reality and bring a chill to the bone. In time, she, too, followed her family’s footsteps and saw through the veil that separates this world and the Other.

From the woman on the highway that Shyam Ramsay met to an eerie and persistent knocking that came from every house that Tanuja Ramsay lived in to Amit Ramsay’s unwelcome dead visitor at Lamington House, the original home of the Ramsays, this book has the improbable, bizarre and spine-chilling all parading through its chapters.

 Alisha ‘Priti’ Kirpalani says:
‘Ghosts in Our Backyard is an authentic exploration of spirits and spirituality. The ghosts of the past, of our loved ones, of lost dreams, the ghosts that haunt each one of us in one way or another.  This book is a metaphysical journey through life, death and beyond: a journey that unknowingly began at my birth. Finally I had to accept my destiny, embrace my lineage and give a voice to the silence of the ghosts.’

Bushra Ahmed, commissioning editor says:
‘Ghosts in our Backyard is a delightful, spooky read and gives us a never-before glimpse of what happened beyond the scary characters, gory films and ghostly sets of the famous Ramsay movies.’

About the Author
Alisha ‘Priti’ Kirpalani is based in Mumbai, India. She has previously authored two fiction books, Out with Lanterns and A Smattering of Darkness, and this is her first foray into non-fiction.

 Non-fiction | Paperback | Rs 299
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