CONDITION USED GOOD, PRISON & CHOCOLATE CAKE , NAYANTARA SAHGAL , ( MRS PANDIT’S DAUGHTER- NEHRU’S NIECE ) , HARDCOVER , 1954

This evocative autobiography recalls a childhood shaped by India’s freedom struggle, seen through the eyes of a young girl from the Nehru–Pandit family. With warmth, clarity, and quiet grace, the author portrays her remarkable parents, her beloved uncle Jawaharlal Nehru, and figures like Gandhi, weaving personal memories with the larger drama of a nation in transition. Blending innocence with insight, the book captures the emotional cost of political commitment, the strength of family bonds, and the enduring ideals of courage, unity, and hope, making it both a personal memoir and a luminous portrait of India at a historic moment.