Before Freedom and After - Hardcover

Vivid, nostalgic, studded with anecdotes and detailed insight into events and people as they really were, the book is an important source of history of the freedom struggle and post-Independence Indian affairs and makes a fascinating reading., , Contents:- Contents # PREFACE V: 1. EARLY RECOLLECTIONS 1: 2. MY BAPTISM IN FREEDOM STRUGGLE 4: 3. DAYS AT ALIGARH 9: 4. STUDENT UNREST 18: 5. COMMUNALISM AMONG STUDENTS 30: 6. I GO UNDERGROUND 35: 7. SERVING THE JAIL SENTENCE 42: B. THE REAL LIBERATOR 49: 9. THE BEGINNING OF CONFLICT 63: 10. DAWN OF A NEW ERA 71: 11. PARTING OF WAYS 81: 12. TASTE OF POWER 82: 13. INDIA IS PARTITIONED 87: 14. TRYST WITH DESTINY 96: 15 OUTCASTE CONGRESSMEN 104: 16. DECLINE OF CONGRESS 113: 17. BENEFICIARIES 119: 18. NEW MAHARAJAS 128: 19. IVE THE PEOPLE ." 132: 20. INDIA GOES TO POLL 137: 21. IN PARLIAMENT 140: 22. SCAPEGOAT 147: 23. END OF AN ERA 155: 24. RETURN OF ROSES 164: 25. CULT OF PERSONALITY 173: 28. DARKNESS AT NOON 181 27. UNEASY INTERVAL 190: 28. MY FORAYS INTO JOURNALISM 195: 29. MEMORIES OF NEPAL 205: 30. DYNASTY 210: INDEX 221