Böcker av Dadabhai Naoroji

Written by one of the pioneers of the Indian independence movement, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the Parsee religion. From its origins in ancient Persia to its modern-day practices in India, Naoroji offers readers a fascinating glimpse into this rich and diverse faith. Whether you are a scholar of religion or simply curious about different belief systems, this book is sure to enlighten and inform.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

LIKE a soldier suddenly called to perform his movements before a body of veteran officers, after having given up his military habits for several years, I feel embarrassed and awkward on being required to read a paper before a learned society such as this, after having been, for the past six years, unused to the habits of thought, reading, and composition, necessary for such a task. I have endeavored, however, to do what I could, under the circumstances, and as far as my limited leisure permitted.

The Wants and Means of India by Dadabhai Naoroji first published in 1876.After the able paper of Mr. Prichard, and the calm, earnest, and thoughtful address with which we have been so kindly favoured by Sir Bartle Frere, I intended to plead some justification for troubling you to meet a fourth time upon the subject of finance. I think, however, that now I need not offer any apology, as the occasion of this meeting will give us the opportunity of knowing the views of our Chairman, of whose long experience and ability you are already well aware. In order that he may have sufficient time for his address, I circulate this paper beforehand, so that all the time saved in its reading will be turned to much better account by him. I propose the following question : Is India at present in a condition to produce enough to supply all its wants ?

THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE PARSEESA PAPER READ BEFORE THE LIVERPOOL PHILOMATHIC SOCIETY,13th MARCH, 1861.BY DADABHAI NAOROJI