Bottles of memories

As part of the distinguished lecture series of our college we had Mr. Soli Jehangir Sorabjee visit us to talk about PILs a boon or a bane. Mr. Sorabjee at 75 I must admit is one of the best speakers I have seen who comes in my list along with Mr Venugopalan (Sr. Supreme Court advocate and Constitutional Lawyer) and Bruce Oswald professor in the Melbourne school. The accent, the charm, the wit and the magic of an unprepared speech all together are so wonderful that Mr. Sorabjee seems 10 yrs younger and are probably mesmerising over the court.



In the mean time of his lecture I decided to start a new collection. I managed to flick the bottle on stage which was used by him and now the bottle adorns my room marked Soli J sorabjee 23. April 2005. For the uninitiated Mr. Sorabjee is lawyer par excellence who was during the reign of the previous government the Attorney General of India, also he represented India in the International Court of Justice at Hague in the case of the Pakistani transport plane short down some where over the Indo Pak border.

Needless to say he was successful in the case. Truly a person to look upto and admire. But one thing I have realized "As a lawyer my friend you never retire." K Venugopal and Sorabjee are evidence that you don't stop. And the best part is its not a compulsion to work but a challenge to work which drives you on as age passes by. You can criticize lawyers all you like. A lot of them do deserve to be criticized but certain people are a lesson for all of us who teach us lawyers that your morals are important not the money.

Am down with a slight feverishness and am feeling exhausted. Add to that the climate of Chandigarh and it is worse. But hope to get back to normal.

Adios for now amigos.

Ps: Hey wisecracks, who mailed me I can take you up on that bet of Fundamental Rights. Wanna bet for a 100. grin