Ram Jethmalani - The Authorised Biography

Author: Nalini GeraPublisher: Penguin/VikingYear: 2002Language: EnglishPages: 383ISBN/UPC (if available): 0470049360 DescriptionBrilliant, flamboyant and controversial - lawyer-politician Ram Jethmalani is all this and much more. 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.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 bi