119 MR. NANJUNDA RAO CANNOT EXPECT FOREIGN HELP, BUT VIVEKANANDA CAN
Swami Vivekananda while collecting funds in the name of his Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, was very active, but while distributing them to his brother-disciples and those who supported him earlier for his visit to Chicago, he was (in ybrao-a-donkey's personal view), very reluctant and stingy. Shri M.C. Nanjunda Rao, was one such person, who was at the receiving end of free advice of Swami Vivekananda. from England to Shri Nanjuna Rao on July 14, 1896. FREE ADVICE TO SHRI NANJUNDA RAO "... But you must not depend on any foreign help. Nations, like individuals, must help themselves. This is real patriotism. If a nation cannot do that, its time has not yet come. It must wait. ..." HOW VIVEKANANDA PRACTISED HIS ADVICE? Swamiji wrote to Ms. Ole Bull from San Francisco, on March 7, 1900:- "...The thousand dollars I have in New York will bring Rs. 9 a month; then I bought for her a bit of land which will bring about Rs. 6; and her old house--that will bring,...