caste fellows who follow the authority of one man like sheep. They have been passing some meaningless resolutions and betraying their malice clerly in overdoing their part. Religion, of course, finds no place in their arguments. Is it not almost better not to have anything to do with such fellows than to fawn upon them and wheedle their fame so that I might be considered one of them? However, I have to move with the times. I was very glad to hear of Vrajlalbhai becoming Karbhari 3 somewhere in Gujarat. You write such a nice hand that I have been induced to imitate you though but imperfectly.
Yours sincerely,
M. K. Gandhi
From the original.
1. Kathiawar, also known as Saurashtra, a collection of former princely States, or principalities in Gujarat. 2. Machinations, in Gujarati. 3. Administrator.
1893
Letter to "The Natal Advertiser" (26-5-1893)
- Durban,
- May 26, 1893
- To
- The Editor,
- The Natal Advertiser
Sir,
I was startled to read a paragraph in your today's issue referring to myself, under the heading, "An Unwelcome Visitor".4 I am very sorry if His Worship the Magistrate looked at me with disapproval. It is true that on entering the Court I neither removed my head-dress nor salaamed, but in so doing I had not the slightest idea that I was offending His Worship, or me
