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Review ------ While the book is a first-person account, it is a fairly easy read and gets really interesting when Maulana talks about his impressions of his close colleagues such as Gandhiji, Nehru, Patel, Rajendra Prasad etc. Some of the comments, released 30 years after his death as per his wishes, are definitely controversial. They also provide new ins into the personal relationships as well as on Maulana's perceptions on how things could have been if some serious mistakes had not been committed by Gandhi, Nehru and Patel. He is quite harsh on Sardar Patel, MA Jinnah, Liaqat Ali, Lord batten, Krishna Menon, Dr. Syed Mahmood, and to a lesser extent on Prime Ministers Churchill, Attlee and Sir Stanford Cripps. All in all, recommended for anyone with more than a passing interest in the modern history of India and especially the politics surrounding India's freedom struggle and partition. Maulana comes through as a nationalist and pragmatist in the book, and one wonders if the course of India's history (and Pakistan and Bangladesh's as well) would have been different if he had agreed to stay on as Congress President and become India's first Prime Minister --Vimal Pannala Mar 28, 2012 This covers matter relevant to the last decade of India's Independence movement from the outbreak of WW-2. It is very simple to read, and in places gives a honest assessment of y difference between the leaders of the freedom struggle. --Khalil Sawant Mar 14, 2012 As suggested before, I would also recommending this book to every Indian. There are lots of truth which is untold. like:- how mistakenly Muhammad Ali Jinnah became so called Qaidey Ajam or self procled Muslim voice. What happen to Khila movement and Khudai Khidmatgar movement. Unfortunately, to get political benefit, British tried all their dirty tricks and still we Indian are divided. --MD KHALID AHMAD Feb 6, 2012 About the Author ---------------- M A K Azad or Maulana Azad was an Indian political leader, scholar. He was the newly independent India’s first Minister of Education. He was a crucial proponent of the Indian Independence Movement and is credited for laying the foundation of the Indian educational system and enhancing it. He established the IITs all over the country. He was the youngest president of the Indian National Congress, and was posthumously awarded with the Bharat Ratna. He has also written Sallies Of The Mind and Khvud Navisht.