"Described by his contemporaries as a cross between Albert Schweitzer and Paul Gauguin, he was a man of contradictions, at times taking on the role of evangelist, social worker, political activist, poet, government worker, and more. Intensely political, the Oxford-trained scholar tirelessly defended the rights of the indigenous and despite the deep religious influences of St. Francis and Mahatma Gandhi on his early career, staunchly opposed Hindu and Christian puritans in the debate over the future of India's X"
Identify the gentlemen.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
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Sounds like Verrier Elwin, the man responsible for Nehru's policies for the Scheduled Tribes.
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