This book has been in demand for many years now, after it's first publication in 1996. The second edition is being brought out now to meet the demand. | am grateful to the readers of astrology books who demanded the second enon of this book many times from me. That demand is being met now. This book is a real journey of an astrologer who has lived through the turbulent era of pre-independence India and the heroic era of post-independence India and also who has known intimately many of the star figures of Indian Independence movement and post Independence architects of India.