Her strongest message, however, was that while ‘the jewels of Western learning’ must come to India, ‘the diamonds of the Eastern faith’ must also be given their due. In other words, Besant decided that her quest in life was to champion India and Hinduism, more important than all of the missions that had animated her journey thus far. Besant was also, incidentally, one of the founders of the famous Banaras Hindu University (B.H.U.),
