Since 1974 Dr. Abdul Khaliq Kaifi traveled altogether with his German wife and his children and grandchildren for some thirteen times to India, visited his birth place and family members in the Ganges valley of Bihar, the heart of India as a cradle of the Indian faiths and empires, and journey together to the ancient and British colonial places of India. The bibliography of his childhood gives a fascinating insight into the ancient multicultural traditions of the country. For a traveler, this book is short information on the past and present of India. Since 1953, India has been my spiritual home and the narrations of Dr. A. K. Kaifi remind me of my attachements. Thilo Hobelmann, Indologist Ten years of my life, I travelled in the world; India was its culmination. The description of Dr. A. K. Kaifi brings me back to its facet and fascination. Dr. Viorel Roman, Historian