CONTENTS: Foreword by P. Sanal Mohan, Preface, Translator’s Preface, 1. Creation, 2. How the Raavulas Came into Being, 3. Amma and Maaman, 4. My Birth and Achan’s Death, 5. My School, My Native Place, My People, 6. Learning Becomes Serious Business, 7. Childhood Memories, 8. Aashramam School, and then to S.K.M.J., 9. The Memories of S.K.M.J., 10. An Unforgettable Episode, 11. The Gods Continue Their Journey, 12. That One Year I Skipped School, 13. Thrissilery and Varghese, 14. Meeting Varghese, 15. Memories of Varghese, 16. The Thirunelli–Thrissilery Episode, 17. After the Attack, Peruman’s Murder, 18. To the Jail, 19. Memories of the Days Spent in Jail, 20. The Trial, 21. A Raavulan’s Political Statement, 22. Imprisonment under MISA and the Emergency, 23. Freedom, and Activities Afterwards, 24. Work, Family, 25. I Start Learning about My Community, 26. The End of the Story of Our Origins, 27. Rituals and Customs of the Raavulas, 28. Gaddika—for Humans and Nature, 29. How the Raavulas became Adiyaas, Postscript.