Preface; Introduction: A South-Asian Life of Our Times; Chapter 1. Society in Pre-Partition India; Chapter 2. The 1857 Uprising and Early Independence Movement; Chapter 3. Negotiations for Transfer of Power and Partition; Chapter 4. Early Post-Partition: Divergent Paths; Chapter 5. Education and Socio-Economic Conditions in Pakistan-1951 to 1957; Chapter 6. Nehru and Ayub Years; Chapter 7. Medical Education and Surgical Training: 1957-1972; Chapter 8. Student Movement in Pakistan; Chapter 9. Decline and Fall of Ayub; Chapter 10. Health Service and Society in North America, 1973 -2007
Chapter 11. The Rise of FundamentalismChapter 12. Hospital Management; Chapter 13. BB-NS Musical Chairs; Chapter 14. America the Beautiful; Chapter 15. UK 2001-2002; Chapter 16. Colonization to Globalization; Bibliography; Glossary
Summary
A medical doctor and political activist traces his life from India at partition to graduate work and practice in the UK and America, comparing health standards, economic well-being, race relations, and the political atmosphere on three continents during the socially-conscious 1960s and later under bare-knuckle capitalism. He includes a brief synopsis of Pakistan?s tumultuous history, including the role played by superpowers with an interest in the region
