Ram Narayanji’s contribution to the nationalist struggle and his writings deserve in-depth evaluation. As early as 1917, Mahatma Gandhi found Ram Narayanji ‘worthy of being taken up’ as he wrote in a letter to Jamanalal Bajaj. But it took over a decade before Choudharyji became a full-fledged Gandhian and stayed at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad as well as Sevagram Ashram at Wardha and went to jail multiple times. Leaders of great stature put their trust in Ram Narayanji, for example, after Independence, Pandit Nehru opened up with him in a series of interviews sharing rare insights about both political matters, especially relating to the freedom movement and personal issues.
Urvish Kothari is a journalist-writer, Gandhi scholar, publisher, and satirist from Gujarat.