{"product_id":"book-gomq","title":"Soli Sorabji Biography","description":"The first authorized biography of Soli Sorabjee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A gripping life story of a Goliath who strode the Indian legal canvass for   nearly seventy years.’ – Mukul Rohatgi, former Attorney General of India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Superbly researched, this book by Abhinav Chandrachud is a must read. ‘ –   Madhavi Goradia Divan, Additional Solicitor General in the Supreme Court of   India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e How does a Parsi lawyer, deeply influenced by the principles of Roman   Catholicism, fall in love with a Bahá’í and go on to become the Attorney   General of India for a Hindu nationalist BJP government? How does a boy with   a broken leg, who studied in a Gujarati-medium school, and lost his father at   the age of nineteen, go on to mount a heroic defense of the Janata   government’s decision to dissolve Congress state legislatures (in 1977) in   the Supreme Court? How does a newspaper columnist who admires Nehru, who   criticizes the BJP for being ‘obsessed’ with ‘demolishing mosques’ and   advises them to replace ‘Hindutva’ with ‘Bharatva’ or ‘Indianness’, get   chosen by Prime Minister Vajpayee to represent the government in the Supreme   Court in many cases, including the Ayodhya case? How does a lawyer with a   humdrum customs and excise law practice, whose grandfather sold horsedrawn   carriages in Bombay, become a U.N. human rights rapporteur, and repeatedly   defend the fundamental right to free speech and expression in the Supreme   Court of India?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Definitive, comprehensive and absolutely unputdownable, this first biography   of Soli Sorabjee opens a window into the life and times of one of India’s   foremost constitutional experts.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49324421808432,"sku":"BDgomq","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/361256-gomq-Square.jpg?v=1733547253","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-gomq","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}