________________ 142 Memoirs about Shrimad by Gandhiji 12] I was introduced to Raichandbhai on the very day I returned to Mumbai from England in July 1891. July was the season for rough seas and the ship was late in reaching Mumbai. It was already dark when we reached Mumbai. I was to stay with Barrister Pranjivandas Mehta who was a leading diamond merchant in Rangoon. Raichandbhai was the son-in-law of his elder brother, Popatbhai. Pranjivandas introduced me to both his elder brother and Raichandbhai on my arrival. Pranjivandas introduced Raichandbhai to me as a "Kavi' (poet). He said that apart from being a poet, he was their business partner as well. He also happened to be an enlightened soul with miraculous talents such as 'Shatavadhan' (the ability to perform a hundred tasks
