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At Last, a Biography of India’s Grand Old Man

Dinyar Patel’s splendidly researched, elegantly written book traces the life of a memorable pioneer.

‘A Parsee is no more a representative of Indians, than a Nestorian Christian would be of Ottomans.’
— The Spectator

Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinyar Patel writes in this splendidly researched, elegantly written book, made at least two whistle-stop tours across most of India. Neither of these tours touched the South but there is no mistaking the fact that he was a respected figure across India.

Review by A.R. Venkatachalapathy | The Wire

The great Tamil poet Subramania Bharati wrote a four-stanza poem on the occasion of Naoroji’s 80th birthday: the Grand Old Man of India, Bharati said, ‘battled with words rather than with weapons’. (A few years later, Bharati’s weekly, India, published in exile from Pondicherry, carried Naoroji’s portrait on its front page.)

Dinyar Patel, ‘Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism,’ Harvard University Press, 2020.

A more apt encomium could not have been paid: for Naoroji ripped

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Parsee Rustomjee

Indian-South African philanthropist, businessman and Indian independence activist

Rustomjee Jivanji Ghorkhodu (1861 – 14 November 1924), commonly known as Parsee Rustomjee, and by various orthographic variations including Parsi Rustomji and affectionately referred to as Kakaji,^[1] was an Indian-South African philanthropist and businessman, well known for his close mentorship, guidance and financial sponsorship of Mahatma Gandhi during his time in South Africa from 1893 to 1914.

Rustomjee was the largest South African contributor to the satyagraha (non-violent resistance). His various philanthropic deeds include establishing the Indian hospital in Durban; the M. K. Gandhi Library and Parsee Rustomjee Hall; Parsee Rustomjee Orphanage; M. K. Gandhi Tamil School; an orphanage connected with the mosque at Umgeni; an Indian orphanage of the Roman Catholic Church; and part of the cost of a Methodist day school. He also supported several projects of Gandhi in India.^[2] There is a primary school in Merebank, KwaZulu-Natal bearing his name.

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In her newly launched biography of the Parsi Community, titled, ‘The Tatas, Freddie Mercury and Other Bawas’ (published by Westland), Delhi-based journalist and author, Coomi Kapoor shares an engaging and intimate history of the Parsi community, highlighting prominent personalities, stories, achievements and the continuing successes of our minuscule but exceptional community. Coomi delves deep into exploring the essence of what it means to be a Parsi in India, and how integral the community and its contributions are to India.

The infamous controversy between Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry seemed to have spurred Coomi Kapoor into getting on with the biography, which explores the history of the community through its most prominent names, and how they transformed cities with their entrepreneurial genius. A good part of the book explores the Tata-Mistry controversy. The history of India, over the last century or so, is filigreed by the contributions of Parsis in every field, including nuclear physics, music, industry, arts, medicine, military, law, et al, with personalities like Dadabha