The autobiography of an unknown Indian.

Contents Preface I. EARLY ENVIRONMENT PREFATORY NOTE 1. MY BIRTHPLACE 2. MY ANCESTRAL VILLAGE 3. MY MOTHER'S VILLAGE 4. ENGLAND II. FIRST TWELVE YEARS PREFATORY NOTE 1. MY BIRTH, PARENTS, AND EARLY YEARS 2. TORCH RACE OF THE INDIAN RENAISSANCE 3. ENTER NATIONALISM postscript: WE LEAVE KISHORGANJ III. EDUCATION PREFATORY NOTE 1. CALCUTTA 2. EXPERIENCES OF ADOLESCENCE 3. CITIZEN-STUDENT 4. INITIATION INTO SCHOLARSHIP IV. INTO THE WORLD PREFATORY NOTE 1. MAN AND LIFE IN CALCUTTA 2. NEW POLITICS 3. VANISHING LANDMARKS 4. AN ESSAY ON THE COURSE OF INDIAN HISTORY