Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Early Life
Madras Christian College
Professor Alfred Hogg
Influence on Radhakrishnan
II. Teacher at Madras and Rajahmundry
Teaching and Scholarly Work at Madras Presidency College
Gandhi-Radhakrishnan Encounter
Teaching at Rajahmundry and Publication of First Major Work
III. Professor at Mysore
Teaching at Mysore and Publication of Second Major Work
IV. From Mysore to Calcutta
Asutosh Mookerjee and the University of Calcutta
King George V Professorship
Invitation from Calcutta
Farewell to Mysore
V. Professor at Calcutta
Teaching and Further Study
The Magnum Opus Appears
Overcoming the Calumny
VI. Committee Work at Home and Lecturing Abroad
Involvement in Committees and Councils
Organizational Work
Goes West to Lecture
VII. Acclaim Within and Outside India, Knighthood
A Popular Lecture at Madras
Life and Work in India
England Invites Again
Hibbert Lectures and His Most Original Work
Other Lectures and Sermons in England
Nationalist Ideas and Their Impact
In Sri Lanka
Convocation Address: The Punjab Incident
Aids Journals
Knighthood
Andhra Mahasabha
VIII. Vice-Chancellorship at Andhra and Membership of League Committee
Andhra University and C.R. Reddy
Radhakrishnan Gets Involved
Radhakrishnan Becomes a Candidate for Vice-Chancellorship
Gets Elected
As Vice-Chancellor
Supports Freedom of Thought
Relations with Teachers
As Chairman
Vice-Chancellor - Teacher
Administration
Intoduces Intercaste Dining in Hostels
Medium of Instruction
Women, Extension Work, Sports
Maintains Properties
Other Preoccupations
Convocation Addresses
Public Homage to Gandhi
Eyes Without Sight, Brains Without Soul and Science Without Philosophy
League of Nations, The Committee on International Intellectual Cooperation
At Andhra University
Imports and Reads Communist Literature
Students' Union
Visits of National Leaders and Others
Malapalli (Harijan Hamlet)
Family Life
Contribution to University Development
Scholarly Work
Oxford Professorship Offered, Farewell to Andhra
IX. The Spalding Professorship
The Offer
Farewell at Madras, Important Speeches
Life and Work at Oxford
Another Major Work
Relations with Gandhi
X. Vice-Chancellorship at Banaras
Malaviya's Search for a Successor
Malaviya Succeeds
Election Process
Elected Vice-Chancellor of BHU
Work as Vice-Chancellor
Gaekwad Chair
Resigns George V Professorship
Life at Banaras
Silver Jubilee of BHU, Gandhi's Visit
University's Closure
Police Enter Campus
Efforts Make Police Quit
University Freed, Work Starts
Reelected Vice-Chancellor
Works as Vice-Chancellor
Elected Vice-Chancellor a Third Time
Freedom Comes
Malaviya's Demise
Tensions in the University
Resignation
Demands Freedom for India After War
Visit to China
Gandhi Requests Advice
XI. Participation in Public Life and Making Higher Education Relevant
Preparation for Public Life
Entry into Public Life, Sapru Committee
Membership of the Constituent Assembly
Chairmanship of the University Education Commission
XII. Ambassador at Moscow and Professor at Oxford
Moscow
Oxford
Schilpp Volume
XIII. The Vice-Presidency
Chairmanship of Rajya Sabha
Expositions Abroad of Indian Thought, Policies, and Achievements
A Secret Trip
Foreign Tours
A Personal Loss
Towards a Second Term as Vice-President
Vice-President Again
Foreign Tours Again
UNESCO
Relations with President and Prime Minister
As Vice-President, An Assessment
XIV. The Presidency, Part I
As President
Relations with Nehru
The Sino-Indian Conflict
The Kamaraj Plan
Criticism of Government
Posthumous Tribute to Nehru
XV. The Presidency, Part II
Radhakrishnan-Shastri Relations
Advent of Indira Gandhi
Abroad as President
Sahitya Akademi and Shimla Institute
Honor from Pope
Hosting Foreign Statesman
Radhakrishnan-Mrs. Gandhi Relations
Critical Speeches
Farewell
Last Years
Posthumous Tributes
XVI. Reflections on His Thought
XVII. Attempt at a Vignette
Notes
Index
