India Through a Traveller’s Eyes Summary

 “India Through a Traveller’s Eyes” is an extract from “My Several Worlds” which is a personal record of her life. It shows her love for the poorest people living in Indian villages.

In this chapter Pearl S. Buck has described her visit to India. She says India had always been part of the background of her life. She had heard a lot more of India from her family doctor and his wife who were Indians. She had also learnt Buddhism and the life story of Lord Buddha.

The writer had come to India not to see the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, or any historical places. Her mission was to see and listen to the young intellectuals of Indian Cities and the Peasants in the villages. She found thousands of young intellectuals trained in English schools were jobless in India.

The writer stayed with an Indian family in a village. Indians had great rewards for great men and women. She found deep devotion for Gandhi ji among Indians. Indian people are religious minded. It had the best and worst both aspects.

The writer wrote a book “Come, my beloved” on her visit to India. Most Americans could not appreciate it but her book is not a puzzlement to Indian readers. In this extract She had shown her love for the people of India and tried to show the feelings of Indian People.