The Story of My Experiments with Truth · Character
Dadabhai Naoroji
The Grand Old Man of Indian politics, whose standing offer of counsel Gandhi revered too much to ever claim.
supporting
Also known as Dadabhai Naoroji, Dadabhai
First appearance: part ii xxviii poona and madras
As a supporting figure in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Dadabhai Naoroji is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
One of the four people to whom Gandhi carries a letter of introduction.
In London, Dadabhai Naoroji looms as the elder statesman every young Indian student is urged to consult, yet Gandhi's own shyness turns the offered mentorship into a test of self-reliance. The gap between the advice he could have sought and the advice he actually took shapes his early London years, where he leans instead on strangers like Mr. Pincutt. Naoroji matters less for what he says than for what he represents: the distant standard of Indian public life that Gandhi measures himself against.
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- Bombay political mentors
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See Dadabhai Naoroji in part ii xxviii poona and madras