India, Sept. 2 -- Dear Justice Sarang Kotwal,
First of all, I owe an apology to you. I was misled by a news-report that you questioned why Vernon Gonsalves, an academic accused of being an urban Naxal, kept the voluminous Russian Classic, Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace", in his personal collection of books.
It shocked all those who had read or had intended to read the book, which is more philosophical than political. I am glad that you have done the right thing of clarifying that the "War and Peace" that you mentioned was another book, not Tolstoy's.
Why most people felt outraged was because Tolstoy is considered a pacifist who abjured all kinds of violence. You must read his book titled "The Kingdom of God is Within You" which influenced...