The Story of My Experiments with Truth · Character
Professor Kripalani
A teacher who later became a follower and ashram member.
minor
Also known as Professor Kripalani, Kripalani, Principal Kripalani
First appearance: part v ix founding of the ashram
Professor Kripalani shows up with force in The Gentle Bihari. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Resigned government professor who meets Gandhi at the station and provides insight into the desperate condition of Bihar.
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In The Gentle Bihari: Resigned government professor who meets Gandhi at the station and provides insight into the desperate condition of Bihar. Later, in Companions: A Sindhi who became more Bihari than a born Bihari;…
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- Personal family and healers
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See Professor Kripalani in part v ix founding of the ashram