Foreword = vii
A plantain leaf and a bowl of rice kept waiting = 1
The burden that the mother entrusted = 7
Mr. Achutha Menon = 10
The odyssey continues = 15
Kakkayam Camp = 20
When the law of the land is sacrificed = 23
A letter from Mr. A. K. Gopalan = 27
Mr. Viswanatha Menon and “the matter” = 31
An inhuman police officer = 34
The Emergency lifted = 37
The habeas corpus writ = 40
Moves against the case = 42
The trial at Coimbatore = 48
The case for compensation = 54
The Rajan Memorial = 57
Remembering the Emergency = 60
With malice against none = 64
From the translator: It is raining = 75
Appendix: The High Court judgment = 77
A plantain leaf and a bowl of rice kept waiting = 1
The burden that the mother entrusted = 7
Mr. Achutha Menon = 10
The odyssey continues = 15
Kakkayam Camp = 20
When the law of the land is sacrificed = 23
A letter from Mr. A. K. Gopalan = 27
Mr. Viswanatha Menon and “the matter” = 31
An inhuman police officer = 34
The Emergency lifted = 37
The habeas corpus writ = 40
Moves against the case = 42
The trial at Coimbatore = 48
The case for compensation = 54
The Rajan Memorial = 57
Remembering the Emergency = 60
With malice against none = 64
From the translator: It is raining = 75
Appendix: The High Court judgment = 77