Usually biographies are written posthumously. Of course, thereare exceptions when the person concerned is so important: peoplewho have made a mark in society, people whose impact on societywas so great that a societal transformation has resulted from their activities, or their life and work has changed the way people live andthink. We have Gandhiji, Nehru and a host of other great people whose stories were written not by one but by many when they were alive..