PrologueTaking the Flight The Book of the Gathering The Book of the ForestThe Book of KazirangaDark Shadows in the Forest The Great Brahmaputra Jeep BabuFor The Sheer Joy of It Who Wants to Cross Over? A Heart Filled with Light The Book of Preparation The Inner LineEnter the DragonNever Shall I Leave You, My LoveIf My Best Efforts Go UnansweredI Must Go, I Must GoMr Sen and Mrs SenElephant! Cheetah! Jackal! Madras HotelLate at Night, a Sliver Moon Funeroo Coming Your Way Tonight The Night Leaves Us Behind Wake Up, Miss Muffet Fikar Not Of Man and Trout Nuruanang Inn Caught in the Heartless BeamsAndhe kinare andhe rate jaayen toh jaayen kahanOne, Two, Three, Four, There's the Bed, There's the DoorFirst Day, First LightHello, Mrs LalwaniTawang GompaAni-GompaThe Inimical Number Three Beyond ReachSTD! The Return Journey Lama Mia! Do Not Go into the Dark, Girl Now That's a Feast The Land of Draupadi Room within a RoomWho's There? Who's There? The Birds, They Are Singing In Every Life, in Every Generation, Endlessly Breakfast Is Ready The Picture-maker A Hudred Miles a Hundred Miles Twilight in the Afternoon Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai Dwa Suparna About the Author and the Translator

This is a travelogue of Nabaneeta's journey from Jorhat in Assam all the way to the McMahon line at the Indo-Tibetan border, a trip undertaken on an impulse, detailing her encounters with countless ordinary individuals, their reactions to a middle-aged woman's solo road trip in India in 1977, and the extraordinary events that unfold along the way.