From making a precarious entry into the world during a Japanese bombing raid scare during the Second World War, to occupying exalted positions in the Indian and UN administrations, Prasada Rao's life of more than eight decades or thousand full moons, traverses through the history of British and Independent India, intertwined with the country's growth story. Intended for the millennials and later generations in the family, the narration is not just of himself but his 100 strong extended family through these eventful years.