Chakravarti Rajagopalachari popularly known as Raj aj i or C R was a great patriot astute politician incisive thinker great visionary and one of the greatest statesmen of all time He was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi hailed as conscience-keeper of the Mahatma As an ardent freedom- fighter as Chief Minister of Madras as Governor of West Bengal as Home Minister of India and as the first Indian Governor General of India he rendered yeoman service to the nation and left an indelible impression on our contemporary life Rajaji was closely associated with Kulapati Munshiji and he was among the distinguished founder-members of the Bhavan The Bhavan had the privilege of publishing 18 books see page ii authored by him so far the copyright of which he gifted to the Bhayan All of Rajajis works especially on Marcus Aurelius the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads are popular In Mahabharata and Ramayana he has displayed his inimitable flair for story- telling and the applying moral of stories to the