Ram Jethmalani didn’t belong to any one man, party, institution or idea | The Indian Express

Ram Jethmalani didn’t belong to any one man, party, institution or idea | The Indian Express

Written by Shweta Bansal |Updated: September 12, 2019 10:49:39 am

Bansal, an IFS officer, is author of Courting Politics which profiles India’s top lawyer politicians. Views expressed are personal.

Ram Jethmalani didn’t belong to any one man, party, institution or idea

Jethmalani allowed personal disappointments to move him away from fixed positions, but he had the liver to take the consequences too, he was that sure of his moral radar and intellect. This is what made him invulnerable.

Ram Jethmalani led a full life, an unconventional one marked by acute ascent, immense popularity, paradoxes and controversies.

My dear, I don’t give a damn.’ When Margaret Mitchell made Rhett Butler say these words in Gone With the Wind, she had no idea that a formidable criminal lawyer in far away India would make this the anthem of his life. That man, born on September 14, 1923, was Ram Jethmalani.