Contents: Short stories: 1. An accident. 2. The day the viceroy came. 3. A touch of fever. 4. The letter. 5. The gold frame. Travelogues: 1. Idle hours in the USA. 2. Darjeeling. 3. Holiday in the islands. 4. Australia and I. 5. Mauritius. 6. Impressions of Kathmandu. Sketches: 1. Reminiscences on the 1942 struggle. 2. The ugly politician. 3. ‘How I did it!’ 4. Barefoot in the palace. 5. As life unfolds… 6. Silent days. 7. The bespectacled goat. 8. The distorted mirror.