Dadabhai Naoroji — Selected Private Papers edited by S. R. Mehrotra and Dinyar Patel. Published in 2016 by Oxford University Press, YMCA Library Building, 1 Jai Singh Road, New Delhi 110001. Pp: liii + 604. Price: Rs 1,495.
Endearingly known as the "Grand Old Man of India,” Dadabhai Naoroji (1825-1917) was justly described as the "author of nationalism” and the "Father of the Nation” by none other than Mahatma Gandhi who was subsequently honored with the latter epithet. Naoroji was one of the first to point out the exploitative nature of British rule in India and one of the first to......