Most previously published in The Little Magazine.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction by Gopalkrishna Gandhi -- What Should Keep Us Awake at Night -- Poverty, War and Peace -- The Country of First Boys -- Sharing the World: Interdependence and Global Justice -- Sunlight and Other Fears: The Importance of School Education as a Source of Nourishment for India Children -- Speaking of Freedom: Why Media Is Important for Economic Developmen -- Hunger: Old Torments and New Blunders -- The Smallness Thrust Upon Us -- The Play's the Thing -- India Through Its Calendars -- What Difference Can Tagore Make.

Intrigued by the questions of social justice and welfare, Amartya Sen argues, in this book, some of the vital issues-poverty, hunger, education, globalization, media and freedom of speech, injustice, inequality, exclusion, exploitation, etc. - we negotiate with in our day to day lives.