Goa, July 31 -- Dolcy D'Cruz

"The JNU library had purchased about 4,000 books from his estate. A few years after he died, his wife and daughters sold all his books, and those books formed the nucleus of the JNU Library." Ram's biography, which is around 300 pages long and has 16 chapters, draws extensively from family archives. It includes several photographs that have not previously been made public, including the photograph used on the cover, which comes from the family album. "I've tried to make it a book that will reach the average reader, so you don't have to be either a historian or a mathematician. Anyone who is interested in his life can read it," says Ram. The book also devotes three chapters to Kosambi's father, Dharmanand Kosa...