There are families in history whose members seem to belong to entirely different worlds. The nineteenth-century Datta family of Calcutta was one such family. The elder son, Narendranath Datta, would become the world-famous Swami Vivekananda, travelling across the world and carrying India’s spiritual message to a global audience. His younger brother, Bhupendranath Datta, would take…
Day: September 4, 2026
Dadabhai Naoroji: The Grand Old Man of India
On 4 September 1825, Dadabhai Naoroji was born in Bombay, a man who would go on to become one of the most important thinkers, reformers, economists, journalists and early nationalists in Indian history. He is remembered as the “Grand Old Man of India”, a title that reflected not only his long life but also his…