Essays and reminiscences : A festschrift in honour of Nani a Palkhivala 1920 - 2002

Contents
PART I
ESSAYS
Constitutional Law
1. The Basic Structure Doctrine Revisited
Gautam Bhatia
2. The Abrogation of Article 370 Dr. Abhinav Chandrachud
3. Constitutional Falsehoods and the Basic Structure Doctrine Dr. Chintan Chandrachud
4. Exploring the Contours of Principle of Reasonable Accommodation: A Critique of Exclusion of Blind Persons as Judges by the Supreme Court Dr. Sanjay Jain
5. Freedom For the Speech We Hate: Why The Right to Dissent Matters And Why the Colonial Law of Sedition Undermines Democracy Darius J. Khambata
6. Our Constitution Defaced and Defiled? V. Sudhish Pai
7. A Tale of Two Constitutions Vikram Raghavan
8. Constitutionalism, Independence of the Judiciary and Human Rights in the Context of Kenya Sharad Rao
9. The Basic Features of Article 370 Arghya Sengupta
Taxation 1. A Humble Tribute Justice R.V. Easwar
2. Nani Palkhivala and My Family, and the Changing World of International Taxation Porus Kaka
3. A Legendary Jurist and Economist Ajay Vohra
Technology, Legal Interpretation and the Common Law;
1. Individuals Possess Rights, Governments Perform Duties: Citizenship and Social Policy Dr. Dipankar Gupta
2. Rethinking Social Media – Through the Prism of Freedoms, Liberties & Victim Rights N. S. Nappinai
3. Common Lawyer as Practical Philosopher Shivprasad Swaminathan
4. Understanding Retroactive and Retrospective Enactment of Laws Rahul Unnikrishnan
Economics and Governance;
1. Second Generation Economic Reforms: Empowering Government to do What it Must Dr. Rakesh Mohan
2. Why We Need Critical Self-examination for Economic Progress Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan
3. Black Money Dr. Y.V. Reddy
4. PARALLEL LIVES: Nani Palkhivala and Narasimha Rao’s Legacy as Economic Reformers Vinay Sitapati
PART II
REMINISCENCES
1. Nani A. Palkhivala - Some Reminiscences
M.L. Bhakta
2. A True Friend Dharmendra Bhandari
3. There but for the Grace of God, Go I Shirin Bharucha
4. The Legend of Nani Palkhivala Iqbal M. Chagla
5. A Role Model Dileep Choksi
6. Recollections Sohrab E. Dastur
7. Some Memories of Nani Palkhivala Ashok Desai
8. Nani Palkhivala and Forum of Free Enterprise S. Divakara
9. Palkhivala in Singapore Shyamal Gupta
10. A Realized Soul N.V. Iyer
11. Nani- A Wordsmith Who Was Also a Lawyer Bansi S. Mehta
12. Focus on Excellence Zia Mody
13. Counsel Extraordinaire Ravinder Narain
14. Remembering Nani … Fali S. Nariman
15. Nani A. Palkhivala as I Knew Him Justice R. F. Nariman
16. Remembrance of Things Past The late Behram A. Palkhivala
17. Our Noble, Gentle Nani Dhan B. Palkhivala
18. His Twilight Days Jehangir B. Palkhivala
19. Everlasting Friendship K. Parasaran
20. Humble and Humane Deepak Parekh
21. Na bhooto na bhavishyati Justice S. Ranganathan
22. Living and Working with Nani H.P. Ranina
23. Nani: My Uncle Statira Ranina
24. Nani: A Lawyer and a Diplomat Satish J. Shah
25. God’s Gift to India Minoo Shroff
26. Fond Memories of a Genius: Nani Palkhivala Soli J. Sorabjee
27. A Kind and Considerate Human Being Ratan N. Tata
28. A Dear Friend and a Patient Dr. Farokh Udwadia
29. A Legend Extraordinaire K.K. Venugopal
PART III
ARTICLES BY YOUNG NANI General
1. All About Newspapers The Weekly Bombay, June 5, 1937
2. Prohibition is Not Prohibitive: It Will End in Promoting Liquor Jame Jamshed, October, 1937
3. Persons Noted for their Miraculous Memory Kaiser-i-Hind, December 19, 1937
4. A Village Turned into Capital Rast Rahbar, July 23, 1944
5. Salute the Victor-Everyman Rast Rahbar, May 6, 1945
6. THIS and THAT: A Beautiful Thing - Loveliness That’s Centuries Old;
A Living Word - Wanderers in Life’s Garden - Twenty Years Hence - Wilderness of Flowers - Poetic Prose - Great Thoughts - William Blake.
Mumbai Varthman
Literature
1. The Sign-posts of Dickensland Sang Varthman Annual, 1938
2. Wordsworth: The Prophet of Joy Sang Varthman Annual, 1939
3. The Centenary of Thomas Hardy Sang Varthman Annual, 1940
4. Poets Laureate Sang Varthman Annual, 1941
5. Bicentenary of Dean Swift: The Champion of Liberty Rast Rahbar, October 21, 1945
6. THIS and THAT: The Enjoyment of Biography – the Poor Reasonable Animal – A
Digression – The Grand Interpretor of All Literature – The Damocles Sword of Respectability – Byron’s Wildness – To write a Good Life as Hard as to Live One – Wordsworth – Simplicity in Poetry. Mumbai Varthman
7. THIS and THAT: English Aphorists - The Charm of Apophthegms - Lord Bacon—
The Sayings of the Earl of Halifax - Father and Son - Maxims of Chesterfield- A
Brilliant Wit—Dr. Johnson and Hazlitt - Emerson, the Prince of Aphorists. Mumbai Varthman
Law
1. Limitations of Democracy: The Nose-counting Method Rast Rahbar, November 6, 1943
2. The Romance of the Law Rast Rahbar, September, 1945
3. The Law Emulates the Tortoise: Ante-Diluvian Traditions Rast Rahbar, November 18, 1945
4. Denigration of The Lawyer Rast Rahbar, March 21, 1946
5. A Legal Causerie Rast Rahbar, March, 1947
PART IV
CORRESPONDENCES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
1. Letter to Miss. K. R. Bharucha dated 22.10.1986
2. Letter from K. Parasaran dated 31.12.1987
3. Letter to K. Parasaran dated 05.01.1988
4. Letter to K. Parasaran dated 27.04.1988
5. Letter from K. Parasaran dated 11.05.1988
6. Letter from V.A. Bobde dated 12.04.1989
7. Letter to Soli Sorabjee dated 11.12.1989
8. Letter from Aharon Barak dated 28.07.1994
9. Letter from J.B. Dadachanji dated 23.01.1995
10. Letter to J.B. Dadachanji dated 27.01.1995
11. Letter from J. Jayalalitha dated 14.01.1996
12. Letter to S. Ramakrishnan dated 03.10.1996
13. Letter from J.B. Dadachanji dated 08.01.1997
14. Letter from I.K. Gujral dated 27.01.1998
15. Letter from Dinesh Vyas dated 27.01.1998
16. Letter from Maharaja Gajsingh
17. Letter from Former Chief Justice of India, Y.V. Chandrachud, dated 04.02.1998
18. Letter to Sudip Mazumdar dated 18.02.1998
19. Letter to M. P. Bhandara dated 11.12.1998
20. Written submissions of Palkhivala in the Privy Purses case
21. What Should you do, Mr. President? N.A. Palkhivala
(The Sunday Times of India, November 23, 1997)
22. A Review of the Finance (No.2) Bill, 1962 N. A. Palkhivala
(as published by the Forum of Free Enterprise)