The narrator Saleem Sinai recounts the story through fragmented memories which make the narration unreliable. He admits to misremembering dates and details at times. Memory is subjective and individual, so Saleem's version of events may differ from accepted facts. However, he argues that memory shapes one's own reality and perspective. The unreliable narration is deliberate to show that reality and history are open to multiple interpretations rather than a single truth. Readers must decide what parts to accept amidst the intentional and unintentional inaccuracies.