Comprising 99 stories essays extracts poems and articles one for each year of his life the book is divided into fifteen sections each one corresponding to a genre that he excelled in. Family Matters contains extracts from his autobiography and some personal narratives My Beloved Country has some extraordinary writing about India The Sikhs comprises excerpts from his books essays on the community and translations of the Sikh hymns The Uses ampamp Abuses of Religion features his articles on the dangers of communalism and a sublime meditation on religion his accounts of Pakistan and Pakistanis are included in Passage to Pakistan he wrote interestingly about famous people all his life and twelve of his profiles feature in Singular People a selftaught naturalist he was passionate about conservationThe Ferocity ampamp Flamboyance of Nature has writings on this theme Sex on My Mind contains some entertaining ruminations on sex one of the subjects that he was most associated with in the popular imagination. As with sex so with humoura few of his funniest jokes find a place in A Merry Heart.