Putchalapalli Sundarayya became popular as the leader of peasant revolt in the Nizam of Hyderabad State, referred to as the Telangana Rebellion. At the age of 17, he joined Gandhi's Non-cooperation Movement and when jailed the made initial contacts with the Communists Mentored by Amir Hyder Khan, he came into contact with leaders like Sajjad Zaheer, E.M.S Namboodiripad, Dinkar Mehta , P. Krishna Pillai, P.C. Joshi, Soli Batliwala and others. He became one of the founding members of the Communist Party Of India. This autobiography is an abridged version of the longer manuscript which has been edited by Atlury Murali.