The day Lata Mangeshkar Made her debut to become the nightingale of the silver screen, the commanding voice of the one and only Melville de Mellow, Indira Gandhi's love for wildlife, the Raj and tigers, the Duke of Edinburgh's dig at the so called conservationists, the Mandalas in New York, Her Elusive Highness, Vijayalaxmi Pandit, the functioning of Open University in Britain, Hugh and Colleen Gantzer, Birds and Bees in New York.
A respected and reputed member of the journalistic fraternity, R K Raju has handled with distinction wide ranging portfolios, which took him all over the world, in his long tenure at The Statesman as a reporter, chief reporter and special representative.
Foreword, Prologue, If the song be Lata's play on, play on, Melville de mellow: commanding voice is stilled, Brig. Gyan Singh, Her love for wildlife, Born again dinosaurs, King elephant, In the days of the matador, Records and records - no tall claims, Amtrak, Memorable visit, A summer in sheepheads bay, Dollars rain no more, America is a sick nation, The story of patience, Presidential goof-ups, His american interlude, Hold the baby when it cries, Brids and bees in New York, New York has its times, Greeting the world, A cyclist's world, My crowning glory, Oh, to be a Malayalee, University comes home, A delicate bond with India, The tailor at the Taj, Meet the gantzers, Her elusive highness, Hospitality par excellence, The duke of Windsor on dal lake, Befriending a total stranger, Bombay memorial to Gandhiji, When Gandhi stood up for Jews, A minor classic, a peacock on my birthday, Nostalgia, A tale of hungry woman retold.