The big shakeout: Striking the right brahmin balance

Days before the 1917 annual meeting of the Congress in Calcutta, an advertisement appeared in the pages of the daily New India. CS Narasimha Chari, a delegate from Madras Presidency, wanted to know of hotels run by Madrasis in Calcutta since by the time 13 brahmin delegates out of 15 would reach the city, Congress 'camps would not be in working condition.' 

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