Connecting Modi with Gandhi

Peace activist and novelist Janhavi Prasada has authored a graphic novel, Tales of Young Gandhi. Published by HarperCollins, the book is described as “a graphic novel for the GenNext to know Gandhi”. On Monday, Prasada tweeted a photograph of herself presenting the novel to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In another tweet, Prasada said the “PM’s vision to bring back Gandhi with new-age tools is super” and hashtagged the tweet “Modi-Gandhi dialogue”. The launch of the novel coincides with celebrations to mark 100 years of the Champaran satyagraha. When some criticised her for presenting the book to Modi, Prasada replied: “Forgiveness was a trait Gandhi believed in. Let’s not make anyone an untouchable.” Prasada is the daughter of Congress leader Jitendra Prasada, who passed away in 2001 and was known for having contested against Sonia Gandhi for the post of the Congress president in 2000, but was defeated. Her brother, Jitin Prasada, was a Lok Sabha member and a minister in the second term of the United Progressive Alliance government.