Childhood in Batang -- The coup of Lobsang Thundrup -- School years -- Planning revolution -- Returning to Kham -- To Lhasa -- The Indian Communist Party -- On the verge of revolt -- Escape to Tibet -- From Lhasa to Yunnan -- The return to Batang -- The seventeen-point agreement -- To Lhasa again -- With the PLA in Lhasa -- A year of problems -- An interlude in Beijing -- Beginning reforms -- Tension in Lhasa -- Labeled a local nationalist -- To prison -- Solitary confinement -- A vow of silence -- Release from prison -- A new struggle -- Nationalities policy -- A comment by Phünwang.