Individual stories first appeared in the "The New Yorker" (The Schoolmaster, Too Late For Anger, Dr. Salaam, Mauna, and Afternoon Of The House), "Helicon Nine" (Spaces Of Decision), "The Southern Review", (Birthday Deathday, and Eknath (Pilgrimage)), and "The Illustrated Weekly of India" (Appa-mam, and Monologue For Foreigners).