Written by Raja Ranbir Singh, who was from Kapurthala, India; studied at Balliol College, Oxford at the same time as JA; and later became an Indian diplomat.

Includes chapters relating to: Britain and India; the problem between India and Pakistan; India and nuclear arms; why Indians are interested in Gaullism and Charles de Gaulle; Tibet and India's foreign policy of non-alignment; the Commonwealth; racial tensions in Britain and repercussions in India; the Indian National Congress, Nehru and the emergence of non-alignment foreign policy; India's future; reassessment of India's national interest and future foreign policy.