Contents: Preface. I. Early environment: 1. My birthplace. 2. My ancestral village. 3. My mother’s village. 4. England. II. First twelve years: 1. My birth, parents and early years. 2. Torch race of the Indian renaissance. 3. Enter nationalism. Postscript : we leave Kishorganj. III. Education: 1. Calcutta. 2. Experiences of adolescence. 3. Citizen-student. 4. Initiation into scholarship. IV. Into the World: 1. Man and life in Calcutta. 2. New politics. 3. Vanishing landmarks. 4. An essay on the course of Indian history.