Indulal Yagnik's Autobiography is an indispensable key to understanding: modern Gujarat and many of its leading personalities; the congress organisation of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel and Morarji Desai; grass root peasant and tribal movements and their clash with the Congress; international dimensions of the freedom struggle; the Mahagujarat movement for a separate Gujarat state. On a more personal level, it reveals a brilliant but 'unstable' soul searching for his place in an unsupportive family and a political world that he found stifling, but with an array of friends and causes which sustained him. These volumes reveal Indulal's evolution from a young man of the elite Nagar Brahmin caste exploring the byways of his hometown of Nadiad; winning a series of scholarships to study philosophy, science, and law; beginning a life-long commitment to journalism by establishing Navajivan ane Satya, and later turning it over to Gandhi and moving to Ahemedabad; losing out in political struggles with Patel and deserting the movement; taking up filmmaking in Bombay; spending five years in England and Europe spreading propaganda for and sometimes against the Congress; returning to India to organise peasants and tribals and finally undertaking the defining struggle of his later years, the campaign for a separate state for Gujarat. Indulal presents his inner struggles and his relationships with friends and colleagues with unusual candour. From its first publication, Indulal's Autobiography was regarded as a classic of Gujarati literature, politics, and culture. Now English readers can share in its richness.

Table of Contents:
Volume I: Foreword by Sudarshan Iyengar; Introducing Indulal Yagnik by Devavrat N. Pathak; The Autobiography of Indulal Yagnik: An Introduction by Howard Spodek; Indulal Yagnik: Patriot, Polemicist, Politician by John R. Wood; Chronology of the Life of Indulal Yagnik by Howard Spodek; Part One: Lifes Development: Preface; Introduction; Section 1: 1. History of My Native Place; 2. A Profile of Nadiad; 3. Streams of Cultural Life; Section 2: 1892-1908: 4. The Descendants of Ghela Jani; 5. Progress of an Only Child; 6. Gathering Clouds; 7. The Religious Discipline of Youth; College Life at Ahmedabad; Section 3: 1909-1915: 9. Training in Bombay; 10. Reflections; 11. Life-long Vow of National Service; Section 4: 1915-1917: 12. Entry into Politics; 13. Nagpur and Poona; 14. Debut in Gujarat; 15. Lucknow and Iraq; 16. The Evening Star Gandhiji; Appendices: 1. Satya nun Navajivan [The New Life of Truth]; 2. Gujaratman Navajivan [New Life in Gujarat]; 3. National Literature; 4. The Progress of Social Reform; Part Two: New Life in Gujarat: Introduction; Section 1: 1. The Struggle for Home Rule; 2. Two Conferences; 3. A Circle of Friends in Ahmedabad; 4. Kaira Struggle; 5. A Mind Transformed; 6. Famine Relief; Section 2: 7. The Flight Against the Black Law; 8. The Centre of Service; 9. Navajivan; 10. Toward Non-Cooperation; Section 3. 11. Swaraj in a Year; 12. Clouds in a Famine; 13. Agonies of Married Life; Appendices: 1. Our Shame; 2. Swaraj for Villages; 3. Kumuds Letters; Index.Volume II: Part One : Imprisonment: Preface by Indulal Yagnik; Section 1: 1921-1922: 1. Resignation of Secretaryship; 2. Ahmedabad Congress; 3. Initiation in the Service of the Untouchables; Section 2: 1922-1923: 4. Service of the Bhils; 5. On the Path of Imprisonment; 6. Yugadharma; Section 3: 1923-1924: 7. From Sabarmati to Yeravada; 8. Yeravada Ashram; 9. Youths Jewel-like Women; 9. Penance for the Goddess; Section 4: 1924: 11. In Search of Light; 12. An Open Letter to Gandhiji; 13. I Walked Alone; Appendices:1. Get Ready!; 2. An Untouchable Activity in Gujarat; 3. Sri Indulals Letter; 4. Ignorance of History; Part Two: Life Struggle: Preface by Indulal Yagnik; Section 1: 1924-1926: From Volunteer to Unemployed Person; 2. In Search of a Job; 3. A New Path for a New Dimension; 4. Off the Rails; 5. Once More at the Chronicle; Section 2: 1927-1929: 6. My Transformation; 7. In the World of Cinema; 8. The Fall of Pavagadh; 9. The Rose of Kashmir; Section 3: 1929-1931: 10. On the Way to England; 11. From Bombay to London Berlin; 12. Propaganda in Berlin; Section 4: 1931-1935: 13. Radical Path in London; 14. National Training in Dublin; 15. The Net Result of my Foreign Travels; Appendices: 1. Towards Achieving Power; 2. Sacrifice of Intelligence; 3. Shri Indulal Yagniks Letter; 4. Indulal Yagniks Letter; 5. The Substance of Ranasangram and other Plays; 6. Shri Indulals Letter; Index.Volume III: Part One: Peasant Stories: Preface; Section One: 1935-1936: 1. At Home After Five Years; 2. Entry into the Village; 3. Establishing the Kisan Sabha; 4. From Ahmednagar to Faizpur; Section 2: 1936-1940: 5. On the Path of Struggle; 6. Starting in Gujarat; 7. High Noon of the Kisan Sabha; 8. With Netaji; Section 3: 1940-1950: 9. In the Whirlpool of World War; 10. Ashram Activity; 11. Deiscipline and Achievement; 12. The Independence Struggle of Mewas; 13. In the States of Maha Gujarat; Section 4: 1950-1956: 14. Vienna and Moscow; 15. The Culture of Swadeshi in China; 16. In the Conferences of the Farmers of the World; 17. Autobiography of Introversion; Appendices: 1. A Movement for National Language and Culture; 2. Some Quotations from Connollys Poems; 3. The Substance of Berlinni Balihari (The Wonders of Berlin); 4. Netajis Final Struggle; 5. Tribute to Premleela; 6. Synopsis of the Play Dukal (Famine); 7. The Songs of Jhaverchand Meghani, the Peoples Poet; 8. Mercy or Justice; Part Two: Last Streams: Introduction by Dhanwant Oza; 1. Adding Insult to Injury; 2. Wonder of the Masses; 3. The Challenge of the Parishad; 4. Delirium of the Bilingual State; 5. Victory Bells; 6. Sounding the Victory of the Martyrs Memorial; 7. Negotiations between Parishad and Samiti; 8. The Final Call to Battle; 9. Love and Affection at Every Home; 10. Martyrs Memorial Satyagraha; Chronology: 1958-1972; Index.