INTRODUCTION BY LOUIS BROMFIELD 5
PROLOGUE 15
PART ONE：PERSONAL 17
Ⅰ．MY BOYHOOD IN INDIA 17
JUNGLE JOYS 20
HOME AND SCHOOL 30
SALT AND SAND 34
THE ABODE OF PEACE 40
WESTWARD HO！ 42
Ⅱ．DISCOVERING AMERICA 43
THE FIRST DAY 43
DANGEROUS IDEAS 50
A MERRY CHRISTMAS 59
AN INDIAN＇S SUMMER 62
Ⅲ．HINDUS ARE HUMAN BEINGS 66
FORTUNE-TELLER 66
AND NOWTHE ROPE TRICK 68
MY BRIEF CAREER AS A YOGI 70
NOT EVEN A MAHARAJAH 73
GIPSY！GIPSY！ 76
THE HUMAN BEING 77
Ⅳ．BECOMING AMERICANIZED 78
DOING THE COUNTRY 78
VEIL OF MYSTERY 80
CHEWING GUM AND PAN 82
THE CULT OF YOUTH 83
SACRED COWS 85
WEEK-END NEVER ENDS 86
SPREADING PEACOCK FEATHERS 87
BLESSED ARE THE BALDHEADS 88
IN THE MIDDLE 89
GIVE US，O STATE，OUR DAILY BREAD 91
THE UN-CIVIL SERVICE 92
Ⅴ．OTHER LANDS，OTHER WAYS 93
GODLINESS IS NEXT TO CLEANLINESS 94
WHAT IS PROPER？ 96
DO RE MI－SA RE GA 99
INTERIORIZATION 102
WHAT＇S IN A CELLAR？ 106
A QUESTION OF ALTITUDE 108
Ⅵ．ON SECOND THOUGHT 111
PART TWO：SOCIAL 128
Ⅶ．GRAND OLD MOTHER INDIA 128
MOTHERHOOD vs．WOMANHOOD 128
THE VILLAGE WOMAN＇S DAY 133
A HYMN TO THE HEARTH AND THE HOME 137
THEY MARRY YOUNG 138
BEFORE THE LAW 140
Ⅷ．MODERN MOTHER INDIA 143
THE TRIPLE REVOLUTION 143
THE FEMINIST MOVEMENT 144
ROMANCE COMES TO INDIA 146
THE SAFFRON SARI 150
Ⅸ．THE HINDU MIND 154
PROGRESSION OF PERSPECTIVES 156
THEORETIC PERFECTIONISM 157
SENSE FOR SCIENCE 159
THE SYLLOGISM UNEXPURGATED 161
LOGICAL vs．COSMOLOGICAL 164
THE KING，THE PIGEON，AND THE HAWK 165
THE CATEGORY UNLIMITED 168
Ⅹ．REFLECTIONS ON NON-VIOLENCE 171
TOTAL PACIFISM 172
SECULAR NON-VIOLENCE 173
A BLUE-PRINT OF BLOODLESS REVOLUTION 177
＂VISIONS＂OF STRESS 185
THE ONE-WAY STREET NAMED MARTYRDOM 188
DEMOCRACY AND KRISTAGRAHA 189
Ⅺ．BUT WHAT ABOUT？ 192
THE BRIGHTEST JEWEL 193
THE＂NEW CONSTITUTION，＂ 195
MEDIEVAL ANACHRONISMS 199
CASTE AND THE OUTCASTE 201
MISSIONARIES OF WHAT？ 208
IS NIRVANA NEGATIVE？ 213
PART THREE：NATIONAL 214
Ⅻ．GANDHI：THE UNWILLING AVATARA 214
CHARISMATIC QUALITY 224
THE PERSONAL TOUCH 226
LITTLE THINGS OF LIFE 228
PRACTICAL IDEALIST 231
THRESHOLD OF GODHEAD 233
ⅩⅢ．KHAN：THE FRONTIER GANDHI 234
ONCE UPON A TIME 237
THE HILLS AND PLAINS 239
THE MAHATMA AND THE GIANT 242
THE HINDU AND THE PATHAN 243
LEADER TO LEADER 244
ⅩⅣ．NEHRU：THE THOROUGHBRED 246
TOWARD A WORLD OUTLOOK 247
NATIONALISM AND SOCIALISM 251
THE PEASANT AND THE WORKER 252
EVOLUTION WITH AN＂R，＂ 253
ⅩⅤ．TAGORE：LAST OF THE GURUS 256
PILGRIM OF THE WORLD 257
SINCE KALIDASA 263
THE MASTER-TEACHER 265
THE TEACHER AND THE TAUGHT 268
ⅩⅥ．ON GANDHI＇S RIGHT AND LEFT 270
THE PEASANT GENERALISSIMO 270
THE FIREBRAND 278
THE CONGRESS SOCIALISTS 280
THE CONGRESS RIGHT 282
THE INDIAN NIGHTINGALE 285
THE BODY POLITIC 289
THE BRAHMIN OF BRAHMINS 290
HINDU LEADERS 293
THE QU-I-D-I AZAM 294
MOSLEM LEADERS 297
THE＂LIBERALS，＂ 298
PART FOUR：POLITICAL 299
ⅩⅦ．INDIA，AMERICA，AND THE WAR 299
THE MORAL ISSUE 309
OUTDOING THE DOMINIONS 310
FOR＂A CLEANER DEMOCRACY，＂ 310
NO＂PROMISES，＂THIS TIME 311
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 313
THE MINORITY MALADAY 314
560 VERSUS 80，000，000 316
＂FOR INDIA＇S PROTECTION，＂ 316
THE HALF-HEARTED WAR AID 316
THE VOICE OF THE PAST 318
ⅩⅧ．THE BATTLE OF INDIA 327
JAPAN TO THE EAST 329
RUSSIA TO THE NORTH 330
HITLER ON INDIA 333
ASIATIC ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY 334
360，000，000 STRONG！ 337
ⅩⅨ．NEAR-EASTERN NEIGHBOURS 340
CULTURAL TIES 341
PAKISTAN 342
WHEN THE CLOUD PASSES 347
ⅩⅩ．FAR-EASTERN FRIENDS 347
CONSTINENTAL REGIONALISM 349
INDIA AND THE FAR EAST 349
INDIA AND JAPAN 351
INDIA AND CHINA 354
LOOKING AHEAD 356
EPILOGUE 358
POST-CRIPPS 362
GLOSSARY OF INDIAN WORDS 374