In essence the narrative is a review of past and present events in India and China， with which I had been and continue to be associated， and my take on those events. Centrality of the narrative is India and China rather than an individual， albeit there are traces of my own professional development vis-à-vis Chinese and China studies in India. There is a definite China and India connection in the narratives right from my descent from Kullu to present.It may be a personal narrative， but since I have witnessed the changes and developments in India and China all these years and have remained connected to these developments， the narrative may represent the feelings of many others too. I hope this narrative will enable people on both sides of the Himalaya to understand each other better and strengthen bonds of friendship between India and China.

　　狄伯杰（B.R.Deepak），印度中印關(guān)系專家、翻譯家。 印度賈瓦哈拉爾？尼赫魯大學(xué)中國與東南亞研究中心教授， 主要研究方向?yàn)橹杏￡P(guān)系、中國與周邊國家的關(guān)系、中國與大國關(guān)系、中國文明與歷史、文學(xué)翻譯。 著有《印度與中國：外交策略及反應(yīng)》（2016年）、《中印關(guān)系：文明視角》（2012年）、《中印關(guān)系：未來展望》（2012年）、《中國：農(nóng)業(yè)、農(nóng)村與農(nóng)民》（2010年）、《中國與印度1904—2004：一個世紀(jì)的和平與沖突》（2005年）、《20世紀(jì)上半葉的印中關(guān)系》（2001年）等。譯有《論語注釋》印地語版（2016年）、《中國詩歌：從詩經(jīng)到西廂記》（2010年，狄伯杰因此書獲得2011年中華圖書特殊貢獻(xiàn)獎）、《我與柯棣華》英文版（2006年）等。Professor B. R. Deepak was trained in Chinese history and India-China relations at the Peking University and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences， Beijing， at Jawaharlal Nehru University， New Delhi and University of Edinburgh， UK. His publications include India and China： Foreign Policy Approches and Responses （2016）; India and China 1904-2004： A Century of Peace and Conflicts （2005）; India-China Relations in first half of the Twentieth Century （2001）; India-China Relations： Civilisational Perspective （2012）; China： Agriculture， Countryside and Peasants （2010）; Conficius Sukti Sangrah （The Analects of Confucius） （2016）; Cheeni Kavita： Gayarvin Shatavdi se Chuahdvin Shatavdi Tak （Chinese Poetry： 1100 BC to 1400 AD） （2011）， a translation of 88 selected classical poems for which he was awarded the 2011 “Special Book Prize of China”.