Book: Gandhi – A Spiritual Biography Author: Arvind Sharma Publisher: Hachette India Price: Rs 299 Writing a book and marketing it are different things. While a writer can be commented upon only after his/her work has been gone through, marketing is a different business. Take, for instance, Gandhi – A Spiritual Biography. It has all…

Book: The Prisoner Author: Omar Shahid Hamid Publisher: Pan McMillan Price: Rs 205 Shawshank Redemption was the first thought that came to my head when I was done reading Omar Shahid Hamid’s The Prisoner. Honestly, it was a strange feeling too as the film was not even quite on the same scale in terms of violence…

Recently, the Kerala High Court had to order a girl to talk to her parents. Why? Because they did not approve of her relationship with another girl, leading to a scenario where the girl refused to speak to them and went to live with her partner. This was one of those rare cases where something…