Ram Jethmalani has been called many things—a legal legend, a wizard of the law and a magnet for controversy with a knack for defending the most notorious figures in India. With a career spanning the entire history of independent India and still going strong, he has managed to command respect and evoke anger in equal measure. But did you know that he is the most pro-Israel politician in Asia; one of the founders of the prestigious National School of Law, Bangalore, one of the first to raise the issue of corruption in India; founder of the Sunday Guardian in the late eighties, one of the longest-serving parliamentarians and that he is married to two wives at the same time?
In The Rebel: A Biography of Ram Jethmalani, Susan Adelman, a long-time friend, presents the most updated, authentic and detailed account of his life.
Product Details
- Paperback: 640 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Random House India (29 March 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0143428926
- ISBN-13: 978-0143428923
- Product Dimensions: 22.5 x 4.3 x 14.5 cm
About the Author
Susan Hershberg Adelman, MD, is an author, a paediatric surgeon and an artist.
Review
Everything is great about this book. Starting from the title of the book to its cover and finally to its content. The author very well blends Mr. Jethmalani's professional life to his personal life. And especially for someone like Mr. Jethmalani, who has tried his hand at almost everything; law, politics, professor, entrepreneur and philanthropist, it becomes even more difficult to take out the best moments of a professional career spanning over seventy years, and compress it in the form of a book. Overall, the book is worth more than one reads because this book is not only an autobiography, but a reader has many things to learn from it too, especially, if you are a student of law. Every experience of his life teaches the reader, and he connects with the reader so well. Susan Adelman, being an American has come out with this wonderful book, which requires so much of effort and knowledge on the Indian Judiciary and Political Scenario. Kudos to her. --By Pratik Bakshi on 20 June 2015
A very beautiful book and equally and fairly described and touched upon every aspect of the great man. Believe it or not, as I reached the last word I was so excited that I immediately log on the net and searched the contact details and phoned his office and sought to meet him. However, I cooled down and realized who I am, an ordinary man on the block. So, now the pressure of meeting him is a bit slowing down. And also I was so motivated that I immediately procured his latest title which I consciously avoiding being too much for budget but could not avoid. I can say for sure that every one must and should read it to know what a man can achieve single hand provided he is iron willed like this great man - Ram Jethmalani. Man like him hardly take re birth. Though it can be a case of perception but I know even his enemies must be all praise for him though not in open. --By Mahesh Kumar on 7 February 2015Rent & Security Return Pollicy
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