The item "Naoroji misrepresented” (Events and Personalities, Parsiana, July 21-August 6, 2024), highlights the very important role played by Nanabhai Ranina in the Maharaj Libel Case of 1862. Ranina, as co-defendant, stood by his friend Karsandas Mulji, and refused to succumb to the numerous endeavors of the applicant to persuade him to abandon Mulji’s cause, which would have considerably weakened the reformer’s defense. It is a great pity that the film Maharaj omitted his role in the narrative.
Ranina was truly a remarkable person — litterateur, journalist, playwright, actor, teacher, publisher and social reformer. He used his pen and publishing house......