<b>Letters:</b> Worthy biographies

There cannot be a unanimous judgement of the appreciation of any work of art

In the article, “Barbarians at the Gate” (January 10), T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan makes the argument, with some merit, that there is a lack of decently written biographies by Indian writers. His argument rests on the following two points. I disagree on both points, the reasons for which are cited below. 

1) The reason for biographies: The writer says there is limited interest in reading biographies of living Indians written by Indians and that publishing houses churn these out with a commercial agenda.

India is a melange of cultures, interests and passions. There cannot be a unanimous judgement of the