The eminent South Indian politician, administrator and educator V.S. Srinivas Shastri ( 1869-1946 ) was once travelling from India to England on a ship, the S.S. Kaisar-e-Hind.
One of the other passengers on the ship was the eminent barrister of Allahabad High Court, Sir Charles Ross Alston, and they started talking.
Sir Charles asked : Do you eat meat ? "
Shastri replied " No "
" Do you drink wine ? "
" No " said Shastri.
" Do you smoke ? "
" No "
" Do you bet ? "
" No "
" Do you play bridge ? "
" No "
" Do you dance ? "
" No "
" Do you enjoy sports ? "
" No "
" Do you flirt with girls ? "
" No "
" My God man " said Sir Charles ".Why don't you jump into the sea ? "
P.S.
This story was told by Shastri himself in a letter to his daughter Rukmini
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