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Description
Containing a candid account of the author's lifelong experiences and encounters with men and matters of religion and law, this book offers a multifarious spectrum of attitudinal trends and behavioral patterns obtaining in various sections of the human society. On the pages of this book the readers will find a concerned insider's narrative of many educational, spiritual, juridical and quasi-judicial institutions of national and international importance and of several celebrated socio-legal events and controversial religious issues of worldwide interest. Not intended to be a mere autobiographical presentation, this empirical work of an outspoken scholar - reputed for his trait of calling a spade a spade is virtually a running commentary on the popular tendencies and mindsets prevailing in India and abroad in the twin areas of religion and law.
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Contents
1. Bloodline - Heritage and Family
2. Gurukul Effect - At Schools and Colleges
3. Towards a Bottomless Pit - At Law School and the Bar
4. Aligarh Story - In and Out of Alma Mater
5. Capital Ventures - At Two Institutes in New Delhi
6. Against All Odds - Three Decades in Delhi University
7. National Service - At Minorities Commision & NHRC
8. Sidelines - With Two Jamias and Other Institutions
9. Warmer Climes - Sailing across the Nation
10. Wanderlust - Away in foreign Lands
11. In Black and White - Views and Works
12. Current Account - Callings and Credos
Index
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Author Details
Professor Tahir Mahmood - Chairman of Amity University's Institute of Advance Legal Studies - specializes in the discipline called 'religion and the taw' and has spent a lifetime in studying and teaching - and guiding research, writing and lecturing on its various facets. In his distinguished career of 41 years, Dr Mahmood has been the Dean of Delhi University's Law Faculty and has held the prestigious positions of Chairman of the National Minorities Commission and Member of the National Human Rights Commission of India. Associated in different capacities with a number of leading academic, interfaith and socio-legal organizations at home and abroad, he has conducted seminars and addressed conferences all over the globe. Author of a large number of books, prescribed in the institutions of higher learning all the world over, Professor Mahmood enjoys the distinction of having been cited, in his lifetime, by the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts in many a cause celebrate. An eminent jurist-judge of our times Justice VR Krishna lyer has said about him: "Do read Dr Mahmood as a storehouse of law. Even those who oppose him need him, they must read him."
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