This book is the simple story of the struggles, sorrows and joys, defeats and recoveries, of a twenty-year-old native of India who came to the United States and, nearly twoscore years later, become a United States congressman

• Preface / 9
• Beginnings in India / 11
• I Come to America / 33
• Early Days in Imperial Valley / 46
• The Fight for Citizenship / 67
• Candidate Saund / 94
• Freshman Congressman / 109
• Battles on Capitol Hill / 132
• My Trip Abroad / 148
• The Job Ahead / 180
• Epilogue / 189