Contents

FOREWORD : iii
ABOUT THE BOOK : v

1. The Summer of the Beautiful

White Horse : 1
William Saroyan

2. The Address : 10
Marga Minco

3. Ranga’s Marriage : 16
Masti Venkatesha Iyengar

4. Albert Einstein at School : 25

Patrick Pringle

5. Mother’s Day : 32
J.B. Priestley

6. The Ghat of the Only World : 54

Amitav Ghosh

7. Birth : 65
A.J. Cronin

8. The Tale of Melon City : 71

Vikram Seth