CONTENTS

DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

PROLOGUE

PART I

FIRST LOVES

AND FIRST FAREWELLS

ENTER GRANNY AND THE ENEMA

A HUT IN NEW DELHI

UNDER THE DEODARS

PART II

NIGHT, AND A HAPPY HOMECOMING

WINTER HOLIDAYS

WHEN ALL THE WARS ARE DONE

AT THE GREEN’S HOTEL

THE FISHER YEARS AND RELEASE

A ROOM ON THE ROOF

VOYAGE TO ENGLAND

PART III

THE LONELY ISLAND

THE LONDON ADVENTURE

DOWN TO KEW WITH VU AND GOODBYE TO ENGLAND

BEGINNING AGAIN

A RELUCTANT DELHI-WALLAH

PART IV

LONE FOX DANCING

FRIENDS AND LOVERS IN MAPLEWOOD

AN END AND A BEGINNING

A SAGA OF OLD TIN ROOFS

EPILOGUE: A SON OF INDIA