Mr Stephens is one of those Englishmen who have managed to largely orientalize themselves, wand who feels more at home in Asia than in Europe. After nine exceptionally dramatic years of editorship he eventually resigned in 1951, not because of anyMoreMr Stephens is one of those Englishmen who have managed to largely orientalize themselves, wand who feels more at home in Asia than in Europe. After nine exceptionally dramatic years of editorship he eventually resigned in 1951, not because of any dissatisfaction about the end of British power, but because he felt emotionally torn and professionally thwarted by the bitter unresolved disputes between the two new successor-states of India and Pakistan, notably over Kashmir.This book is rich in acute and sympathetic studies of simple folk, such as his employees, or people he met in far-off places on the way.