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Studying in the US back in 1950s was full of struggle and hardwork. This book is about how the author, Shiva Chandra Jha got the first inspiration of going to the US and pursue his higher studies without any financial backup. He worked, earned and studied in the University of California, Berkeley in 1950s. In these six years, how he worked hard and what he had to face due to his socialistic views in the US, all have been narrated by the author himself. Apart from this, you get a nice glimpse of social, politcal events in 1950s, places of interest in US and what sea voyage was like in those days. He came back to India in 1955 and started his social and political life.
Shiva Chandra Jha
The author, Shiva Chandra Jha got inspiration from Jayaprakash Narayan in 1942 to go the US for higher studies. He went there despite his middle class background and no financial backup. He spent 6 years in the US and came back to India in 1955. Later he was elected to 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 as a candidate of Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP). He actively participated in Sampoorna Kranti (Total Revolution) launched by JP during Emergency period (1975-77), and also got detained for 18 months under MISA. He was later elected to Rajya Sabha in 1978. He travelled across the world an MP.
