Leo Tolstoy

Last weekend, I read by first Tolstoy novel. It wasn't his most famous work; for I have reserved War and Peace and Anna Karenina for a later stage in life. I happened to read 'The Cossacks' - an early Tolstoy novel.

To say the least, it was a wonderful book. There was the right mix of story and philosophy. I could relate to how and why Mahatma Gandhi would've been influenced by this Russian giant.