Shastri hated publicity. As a result, very little is known about his childhood, education, married and family life. No one has so far made any sincere efforts whatsoever to collect and consolidate his memoirs in a book-form to enlighten his posterity, let alone his contemporaries. The oft-repeated instance of Shastri’s daily routine of crossing a stream to and fro his school is a wrong notion which has been spread by some people who know precious little about ...
