The present autobiographical compilation is unique in the sense that it is not one full-length portrayal of one anthropologist but a succinct and terse life-sketch formatted around a framework by large number of active anthropologists of contemporary times right from the seniormost anthropologist R.K. Mutatkar to Somenath Bhattacharjee. As a result, what is presented in the book, is a unique compendium on the self-memoirs by Indian anthropologists. The autobiographies presented in this volume are narratives on the circumstances and situation making people pursuing anthropology as a career highlighting specific challenges and rewards in their quest for understanding themselves eventually.