Maverick Unchanged, Unrepentant
Maverick Unchanged, Unrepentant

Author: Ram Jethmalani

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9788129123916

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Ram Jethmalani, respected and feared for his candour in matters political, remains an enigma to many. As a public figure-a politician always in demand, the highest rated criminal lawyer in the country and an international legal authority-he is held in high esteem. In over fifty years of being an active politician, he has never allowed political allegiance to compromise his values. Controversy therefore neither leaves him, nor intimidates him. This volume is a compilation of the author's insights into the state of Indian politics today, expressed with clarity and frankness, laying bare the cover-ups and deception that have come to plague India's body politic. Jethmalani's arguments are incisive, often explosive, but above all, they cannot be set aside. Some of the burning issues discussed in this book are black money, governance, corruption, Kashmir, China and Pakistan, fundamentalism and the rise of terror. Maverick Unchanged, Unrepentant is a searing critique of the disease inherent in government.

Conscience of a Maverick
Conscience of a Maverick

Author: Ram Jethmalani

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13:

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Conscience Of A Maverick Is A Collection Of Articles And Discourses Of The Indian Maverick, Ram Jethmalani. For Many Years Jethmalani Has Written On Law, Religion, Philosophy, Economics And Politics. As A Commentary On The State Of Affairs Of The Country His Articles And Speeches Invite Varied Audience In India And Abroad. He Spares No One And Does Not Suffer Fools. When He Feels Strongly About An Issue, He Voices His Feelings-- Be It The Article 'Hindutva On Weak Knees', Which Is A Veiled Attack On Ministers Under Garb Of Hindutva, Or Any Other Issue, He Is All Ready For It. The Collection Will Therefore, Titillate And Ruffle The Non-Conformist Instincts Of The Readers Who Dare To Differ!

Death under the Deodars
Death under the Deodars

Author: Ruskin Bond

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 938599039X

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‘Colonel Bakshi burst in, looking very agitated. “Something’s happened to Mrs Basu,” he said. “She’s lying outside in a fl ower bed. I think she’s dead . . .”’ In this marvellous collection of thrilling new stories set in the Mussoorie of a bygone era, Ruskin Bond recounts the deliciously sinister cases of a murdered priest, an adulterous couple, a man who is born evil, and a body in the box-bed, not to forget the strange happenings involving arsenic in the post, strychnine in the cognac, a mysterious black dog, and the Daryaganj strangler. As the elderly Miss Ripley-Bean, her Tibetan terrier, Fluff, the hotel pianist, Mr Lobo, and the owner of the Royal, Nandu, mull over these curious incidents, the reader will be enthralled and delighted—until the very end.

Ram Jethmalani
Ram Jethmalani

Author: Nalini Gera

Publisher: Viking Adult

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13:

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Brilliant, Flamboyant And Controversial Lawyer-Politician Ram Jethmalani Is All This And Much More. In The Past Few Decades, He Has Been Consistently In The Limelight For Various Reasons, Both Personal And Professional. His Defence Of The Smuggler Haji Mastan First Earned Him The Sobriquet Smugglers Lawyer ; His Defence Of Kehar Singh In The Indira Gandhi Assassination Case Made Front Page News; His Political Choices, Including His Bid For The Office Of The President, Earned Him Praise As Well As Derision; And The Investigative Zeal He Exhibited In The Bofors Case Ensured That The Issue Stayed Alive In Public Memory. In This Authorized Biography, Nalini Gera Attempts To Capture The Essential Jethmalani And Acquaint Readers With The Man Behind The Public Persona. The Book Dwells On All The Different Phases And Aspects Of Jethmalani'S Eventful Life: His Idyllic Childhood In The 1920S And 1930S In Shikarpur In Undivided Sind, His Early Years As A Lawyer, The Difficult Post-Partition Days, His Enviable Legal Career, His Roller-Coaster Political Ride. And, Yes, The Women In His Life. Associated As Jethmalani Is With The Good Life And Glamour, It Will Come As A Surprise To Almost Everyone That There Is A Deeply Philosophical And Spiritual Side To Him. The Gregarious Exterior Hides An Extremely Private Person, So Much So That Even His Closest Friends Have Not Been Privy To Some Of The Most Momentous Decisions In His Life. Gera S Narrative Is Enriched By Her Personal Acquaintance With Jethmalani, And Interviews With His Family And Friends And With Jethmalani Himself, Who Opens Up With A Candour That Is Almost Unknown Among People In Public Life. Meticulously Researched And Illuminated By Moments Of Rare Insight, This Book Explores The Mind And Career Of India S Most Famous Political Maverick, And In The Process Throws Light On The Major Political And Legal Events That Shaped Post-Independence India.

Sadhguru, More Than a Life
Sadhguru, More Than a Life

Author: Arundhathi Subramaniam

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 067008512X

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‘The thirst to be boundless is not created by you; it is just life longing for itself.’ —Sadhguru This is the extraordinary story of Sadhguru—a young agnostic who turned yogi, a wild motorcyclist who turned mystic, a sceptic who turned spiritual guide. Pulsating with his razor-sharp intelligence, bracing wit and modern-day vocabulary, the book empowers you to explore your spiritual self and could well change your life. It seeks to re-create the life journey of a man who combines rationality with mysticism, irreverence with compassion, ancient wisdom with a provocatively contemporary outlook and a deep knowledge of the self with a contagious love of life. Described as ‘a profound mystic, visionary humanitarian and prominent spiritual leader of our times', he is equally at home in a satsangh in rural Tamil Nadu as at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his early years, Jaggi Vasudev (or Sadhguru as he is now known) was a chronic truant, a boisterous prankster, and later a lover of motorbikes and fast cars. It is evident that the same urgency, passion and vitality echo in his spiritual pursuits to this day, from his creation of the historic Dhyanalinga—the mission of three lifetimes—to his approach as a guru. In Sadhguru's view, faith and reason, spirituality and science, the sacred and the material, cannot be divided into easy binaries. He sees people as ‘spiritual beings dabbling with the material rather than the reverse’, and liberation as the fundamental longing in every form of life. Truth for him is a living experience instead of a destination, a conclusion, or a matter of metaphysical speculation. The possibility of self-realization, he strongly believes, is available to all. Drawing upon extended conversations with Sadhguru, interviews with Isha colleagues and fellow meditators, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam presents an evocative portrait of a contemporary mystic and guru—a man who seems to pack the intensity and adventure of several lifetimes into a single one.

The Question of Eclecticism
The Question of Eclecticism

Author: J. M. Dillon

Publisher: University of California Press

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0520362330

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

Courting Destiny
Courting Destiny

Author: Shanti Bhushan

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2008-12-17

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 9385990535

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Born in 1925, Shanti Bhushan was witness to the formative years of the Indian republic. Courting Destiny traces the remarkable story of his life---the family's origins in the town of Bijnor in the United Provinces, the experience of growing up in a joint family in Allahabad, initial encounters with the law when the Constitution of India was being framed, the distinguished career as a lawyer and law minister, culminating in the campaign for judicial accountability. These memoirs provide a participant's account of some of the most interesting and seminal cases that laid the foundations of India's constitutional history. They include the Keshav Singh case of 1964 which led to the first standoff between the executive and the judiciary; Indira Gandhi's election case which unseated her as prime minister, leading to the imposition of the Emergency; the habeas corpus case where the Supreme Court declared that during an emergency there is no right to life or liberty and hence no recourse against illegal detention; and the parliament attack case in which the Supreme Court, while acquitting Shaukat Guru of all charges of conspiracy, convicted him on a charge for which he was never accused. Together, they offer a broad perspective of the evolution of Indian law and the interpretation of the Constitution. Courting Destiny affords us a glimpse of the many fundamental and far-reaching political and constitutional changes that took place in the decades following independence. The descriptions of Shanti Bhushan's brief involvement in party politics and his time as law minister in the post-Emergency Janata government make for a fascinating insider's account of an important phase of the nation's life. In this narration of the author's life and work, the personal, the professional and the public unfold seamlessly, never at the cost of one or the other. Written in a direct and engaging style, laced with gentle humour, Courting Destiny will appeal to all those interested in India's legal, constitutional and political history. At a time when both the Bar and the Bench are under a cloud, the illustrious sixty-year career of Shanti Bhushan will be a source of inspiration for young advocates.

The Film Book
The Film Book

Author: Ronald Bergan

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780241484838

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