Memoirs of Chopra V.P. is a three-part memoir that encompasses the author’s journey.The first part deals with the Chopra’s origin lineage (gotra) and personal history; his upbringing values education challenges and hurdles. It discusses the pre-independence and post-independence problems due to the partition of the country. The extended family and their relationships are also discussed. This section interprets the Chopra surname subtly as Creative Honest Orderly Person''s Relevant Adaptivity/Abi