An intimate account of the early years of Paramahansa Yogananda, written from the author's unique perspective as a younger brother of Sri Yogananda, whom he affectionately called "Mejda" -- the Bengali term for one's second elder brother. This fascinating biography relates many heretofore unpublished stories, and presents a fresh view of numerous incidents recounted by Yogananda in his Autobiography of a Yogi. A vivid, firsthand picture of his truly remarkable years in India. From this engrossing narrative emerges a new portrait of this great world teacher -- a dynamic spiritual personality who demonstrated for the modern world the timeless vitality of India's universal science of God-realization. Includes 70 archival photos.