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Description
The range and diversity of topics covered in this collection of fortnightly columns is as breathtakingly wide as the author’s versatile interests. The width of treatment spans the solemn and the serious to the comic and the bizarre: from law and judiciary not only to politics and governance but also to literary matters, art, society, travel and personalities.
It is difficult to pinpoint a set of favourites amongst this rare potpourri, cooked with sensitivity by the author, garnished with the spice of wit and humour, brought to a boil with provocative yet limpid prose and reaching both the heart and the mind with its precision, clarity and candour.
Columns deserving special mention in a hypothetical special bouquet will necessarily reflect a subjective selection. They range from those dealing with the administration of justice (under judiciary) to the peculiar case of Peter Bleach and Jurisprudence relating to the penis (under Law) to the property tax imbroglio and the decline of the office of public prosecutor (under Governance) to the column in praise of the communist Party of India, the Maharashtra Elections of 2004 and the Goa theatrics of 2005 (under politics) to the necessity for creation of an International Criminal Court and why Democratic Presidencies in USA are not more sympathetic to India (under External Affairs) to value based education and the Indian habit of preaching Vanaprastha without practicing it (under society) to the right to fly the Indian flag and necessity to emulate china as a role model (under patriotism) to Clinton’s incomparable charisma and madhavrao Scindia’s remarkable persona (under Personality) to the best memoirs and collection of essays read by the author (under Literary) to the Pleasures of travel in New Zeland, Mauritius and elsewhere (under Travel) and, finally, to the joys of Soccer in this Cricket crazy nation (under Sports).
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Contents
• Judiciary
• Law
• Governance
• National Political Scenario
• External Affairs
• Society
• Patriotism
• Personalities
• Art, Films & The Literary
• Travel
• Sports
Index
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Author Details
Dr. Abhishek Singhvi is an eminent Jurist and well known face in the media. He has the unique distinction of being designated the youngest Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, appointed the youngest Additional Solicitor General of India and elected the youngest Vice President of the Supreme Court Bar Association. He is National Spokesperson of the Congress Party and member of its Media Advisory Board. He was awarded the Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT) award by the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) At Davos, Switzerland.
He is a frequent writer, commentator and popular media in both the visual & Print media. He has done innumerable talk shows and interactive sessions in both English & Hindi on almost all channels and has been published in all leading print Publications.
Dr, Singhvi has been an outstanding student and secured numerous academic distinctions. He topped India in the Indian School Certificate (School leaving) examination, securing an average of 94% with five Points. Prior to that, in all his senior years in school from class IX, he had topped all the five sections of his class each year in St. Columbia’s School. He did his honours in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi. He did his first degree in law at Trinity College, Cambridge and then PhD. From the same institution under renowned constitutional lawyer, Sir William Wade. While completing PhD.well within three years, Dr. Singhvi taught students at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He also did a short summer programme at Harvard after his PhD. He heads and / or is the office bearer of several organizations and institutions including Saarclaw, Indo-British, Indo-US and Indo-Canadian Legal Forums, International Institute of Human Rights. Kumar Mangalam-Birla Committee of SEBI and soon.
He is a front ranking senior counsel of the country and has appeared in several leading cases in the Apex Court ranging from D.K. Basu (on custodial torture and death), NTPC and Renu Sagar (International Arbitration), Jindal case (right to fly the national flag), Tata Press (on commercial free speech) and innumerable others.
Dr. Singhvi writes an extremely popular fortnight column (every other Wednesday) titled Candid Corner in one of India’s largest circulated English dailies, the Hindustan Times.
He is married to Anita Singhvi, a well known vocalist and ghazal singer. They have two sons.
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