First published in 1936 (London, John Lane) under title: Jawaharlal Nehru, and autobiography.

In prison again -- Animals in prison -- Descent from Kashmir -- Childhood -- Theosophy -- Harrow and Cambridge -- Back home and wartime politics in India -- My wedding and an adventure in the Himalayas -- The coming of Gandhi -- I am extended, and the consequences -- Wanderings among the Kisans -- Nonco-operation -- First imprisonment -- Nonviolence and the doctrine of the sword -- Lucknow District Jail -- Out again -- An interlude at Nabha -- M. Mohamad Ali, my father, and Gandhiji -- Communalism rampant -- Municipal work -- In Europe -- Experience of Lathee charges -- Thunder in the air -- Independence and after -- Civil disobedience begins --In Naini Prison -- The no-tax campaign in the United Provinces -- Death of my father -- The Delhi Pact -- A southern holiday -- Friction and the Round Table Conference -- Arrests, ordinances, proscriptions -- Ballyhoo -- In Bareilly and Dehra Dun jails -- The struggle outside -- What is religion? -- The "dual policy" of the British government -- The end of a long term -- Dominion status and independence -- India old and new -- The record of British rule -- A civil marriage and a question of script -- Communalism and reaction -- Impasse and earthquake -- Alipore Jail -- Desolation -- Paradoxes -- Dehra Jail again -- Eleven days -- Back to prison -- Reflections on social change -- A conclusion -- Five years later -- Epilogue: the parting of the ways -- Appendixes -- Glossary -- Index.