Good evening. It is a privilege to be here, and today especially. I must thank senior lawyers Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and their remark...
Good evening. It is a privilege to be here, and today especially. I must thank senior lawyers Indira Jaising, Anand Grover and their remarkable online journal, The Leaflet for thinking of me for this talk today.
From Indira and Anand it was not so much an invitation as a mandamus, but one I gladly obeyed. For I have always held both of them in the highest regard. Over the years, they have been uncompromising and steadfast in their pursuit of justice. In their courage and resilience, they are the indomitable ones in occupied Gaul. What their magic potion is, I do not know. But may the sky never fall on their heads.
Listen to this. India, 2047. August 15, 2047. One hundred years since Independence. A land where the ancient patterns and rhythms of life are still unchanged, small, dusty villages, barren lands, the earth parched and cracked. And also a land of super-advanced high-tech, artificial intelligence, robots, nanotech. India is fractured, balkanised into smaller regional states – Awadh, Bharat and Bangla.
A super-advanced flying machine, a sort of armed helicopter-aircraft hybrid, sets down in a dry river bed. The Ganga has almost entirely dried up now....
