Diary Entry – 02.08.1976 (Monday) - Day Two

Reached 20-A Lawyers Chamber at 9 am. The door was locked, Mr. Sikka arrived shortly. I requested him for the key, so that I can get a duplicate, he said he would get me a duplicate by the evening. Mr. V.J. Francis arrived shortly thereafter and gave a very warm and friendly smile and hand shake. Mr. S.C.Agrawal and Mr. R.K. Garg also arrived around 10 am. Mr. D.P. Singh, the third member of Ramamurti & Co. the eldest and a designated senior and several other advocates arrived and all of them in their full robes with white band and black gown left for the court. Since I was not yet enrolled as an advocate, I was not entitled to wear a white band and a black gown. Mr. V.J. Francis told me to accompany him and we moved towards the Supreme Court main building. Everybody carried one or more briefs and nobody carried the books, as my father used to carry in book trays in the High Court, with the name embossed on it. The trays were made specifically to carry the books to the court rooms and the files were tied in a square cloth and called basta.

The Supreme Court of India has a majestic presence about it. The aerial view of the Supreme Court is that of a balance with Chief Justices court in the center with a big dome and two arms on the side ending in a semi-circular shape like hooks. As I climbed the stairs from the front, I recollected a day in 1964 when I had come to Supreme Court with my father and we had entered the Chief Justice Court. Justice P.B.Gajendragadkar was than the Chief Justice and was presiding over a constitutional bench with Justice K.N.Wanchoo (who was Chief Justice of Rajasthan and my father had appeared before him) Justice M.Hidayatullah, Justice J.C.Shah and Justice S.M.Sikri and I had always wondered how would some body look in a black flowing gown which was worn by Batman in the comics, which I then used to enjoy reading. It was a great annihilating moment for me as I entered the corridors of Supreme Court. The strength of the eight pillars in the front in Dholpur stone looked magnificent. I touched them physically to feel there strength and my physical presence in an institution which was the highest temple of justice in the country like the culmination of all the four dhams erected by Shankracharya at Rameshwaram, Dwarka, Badrinath and Jagganath Puri. 

There were five courts with Court No. 2 on the right side of Chief Justice Court, when he was sitting inside and Court Nos. 3 and 4 on the left hand side and Court No.5 on the extreme end of the corridor, next to Court No.2. Nobody was able to tell me why Court 4 was next to Court 3 and not after Court 2 for that should have been the normal sitting methodology applied by the Supreme Court. The senior most judge sits on the right side of the presiding judge and the junior on the left. The next junior judge on the right of the senior judge and the next junior to the left of the junior. It’s odd on one side and even on other side, strictly according to seniority. The only reason I could make out was perhaps because Court No. 4 must have started functioning immediately after Court No. 3, while Court No. 5 must have come later when the strength of the judges would have increased and Court No.4 was closer to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Library and the main entrance for the convenience of the advocates and clients, while Court No.5 must have come later at the other end.

Supreme Court of India had stated with the strength of 5 judges (Justice H.J.Kania (Bombay), Justice Saiyid Fazal Ali (Patna), Justice M. Patanjali Shastri (Madras), Justice M.C. Mahajan (Punjab), Justice B.K. Mukherjea (Calcutta) and Mr. S.R.Dass (all of them were sitting judges of Federal Court of India on January 26, 1950). The strength of the judges had increased to 13 in 1956, at present there were 11 sitting judges.

There were Senior Advocates, Advocates, Advocates or records and clients in the corridors. All were moving with a definite thought and a definite purpose. I along with Mr. Francis went to the SCBA Library and gave a list of books for each case in each court. On the basis of the list of books given in the SCBA Library, the peons there, carried them to each court and collected them after the court hours, unless the matter was part heard and a slip was kept on the books ‘Please don’t remove the books’. A copy of the list of books was handed over by Mr. Francis to an officer of the court sitting behind one of the two court masters sitting in the center and the appearance of the advocates was handed over to one of the two court master. Everybody knew Mr. Francis and shook hands and smiled, a great place to work, I thought and felt.

As I entered the Chief Justice Court, I was once again awe struck by the interiors after 11 years. But than I was a then a visitor, now I was here to be here and to be a part of this institution. I could feel the high energy level, some whispers amongst the advocates, most of them were friendly smiles, good morning wishes and quick handshakes.  The Chief Justice court had a huge white dome, with holes to control the acoustics. The teak wooden paneling almost 10 ft. high was just breath taking and there was a portrait of Justice H.J.Kania, the first Chief Justice of India on the right side and a portrait of Justice M.C.Mahajan on the left. Some advocates were standing for mentioning urgent matters for being listed or adjournment of the listed matters and the two rows of chairs was almost completely occupied with advocates in their robes, white or stripped trousers, black jacket, black coat, white shirt, white band and black gown. Some advocates were wearing high neck collars.

The first chair on the right side was empty and came to be occupied by Mr. Niren De, the Attorney General of India, who looked to be a towering personality, particularly in view of his statement in MISA case “During Emergency, there is no fundamental right in life and the Union of India had power to hang anybody’. My father was one of the thirteen judges, who had delivered the judgment in MISA case for the High Court of Rajasthan, which was over ruled by the Supreme Court. His view was that the person who is being taken in custody was at least entitled to be identified as the person against whom the warrant was issued. The Supreme Court must undoubtedly have its own logic and reasoning, someday I will certainly understand the same.

Hon’ble Justice A.N.Ray was the Chief Justice and was presiding with Justice M.H.Beg and Justice Jaswant Singh in Chief Justices Court; Justice H.R. Khanna was presiding in Court No.2 with Justice P.N.Bhagwati; Justice Y.V.Chandrachud was presiding in Court No. 3 with Justice P.N. Shinghal  (the first judge to be elevated from High Court of Rajasthan to Supreme Court) and another face known to me before I came to Supreme Court; Justice A.C.Gupta was Presiding in Court No.4 with Justice S. Murtaza Fazal Ali and Justice P.K. Goswami was presiding in Court No. 5 with Justice N.L.Untwalia for miscellaneous matters. 

After the miscellaneous matters were over the bench would break and the benches would be reconstituted for Final Hearing as follows  - Chief Justices Court - Hon’ble the Chief Justice, Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.H.Beg; Court No.2 - Hon’ble Justice H.R.Khanna, Hon’ble Justice N.L.Untwalia and Hon’ble Justice Jaswant Singh; Court No.3 - Hon’ble Justice Y.V.Chandrachud, Hon’ble Justice P.K.Goswami and Hon’ble Justice A.C.Gupta; Court No. 4 - Hon’ble Justice P.N.Bhagwati and Hon’ble Justice S. Murtaza Fazal Ali. No final hearing matters were listed before Court No.5.

Interestingly unlike Rajasthan High Court, the cause list did not give the name of the Advocate and I wondered how any advocate would make out which was his matter, unless he knew the name of each of his pending cases. But the advocates and their clerks just knew.

Cases continued to be conducted and I continued to watch as advocates and Senior Advocates argued and the judges passed the orders. It was a pleasure seeing great Seniors whose names I had heard. I saw Mr. C.K.Daftry former Attorney General of India, moving with a stick very slowly in the corridor, Mr. Niren De was the Attorney General, Mr. Lal Narain Sinha, from Bihar was the Solicitor General and Mr. Raman from Madras was the Additional Solicitor General. Mr. S. T. Desai, who had his book on partnership law, Mr. G.B.Pai, Mr.O.P. Malhotra whose book on Industrial law I had read in the college were all there. Mr. Ashoke K. Sen, who had visited our house when Automobile Transport case was argued in the Rajasthan High Court, was the Law Minister.
There was a canteen in the ground floor, where I had my lunch and tea and samosa in the evening. Everybody left the chamber around 7.30 pm, Mr. Sikka gave me a duplicate key of the chamber. I continued to stay till 9.00 pm and read SCR as advised and make my notes. Took a three wheeler back to Humayun Road

Forty One years in Supreme Court - Diary Entry August 1, 1976

     On July 31, 1976 Hazari Ji the driver and Ramu Ji the zamadar of my father, Justice D.P. Gupta, Judge, High Court of Rajasthan came to drop me, a twenty one and half years law graduate from Jaswant College, University of Jodhpur, on Delhi Mail at the Jodhpur Railway Station. Delhi Mail left at 2.10 pm to reach Delhi at 6.00 am in the morning today. My father had remained as a junior associate (1950 -1958 at Jaipur, Rajasthan) with Mr. C.L. Agrawal a Senior Advocate and a doyen of the Rajasthan High Court and his eldest son Mr. S.C. Agrawal after completing Bar at Law from London, was practicing law at Supreme Court of India. We had, had a lunch meeting with Mr. S.C. Agarwal about two weeks back in Delhi at Kwality Restaurant, Connaught Placeand my father had requested him to associate me in his office, to which he had readily agreed. My father had fixed for my residence for some time with Mr. N.K. Sanghi, a Member of Parliament from Jodhpur and a close family friend, at Humayun Road, New Delhi. 

    Today, August 1, 1976 a Sunday morning I reached Old Delhi Railway Station at about 6.15 am, with a bedding and an attaché containing apart from my garments, a Bhagavad Gita, by Swami Chidbhavanand, autographed and given to me by my grandfather, complete works of Swami Vivekananda in seven volumes, four books from Aurobindo including Savitri, essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson and my three diaries in which I used to scribble and place ideas from where ever they came to me, particularly the books I had read and I used to read a lot. I was always enthused about reading and learning. There was an insatiable desire to read, to learn, to understand, to analyse and to know the truth. 

    My grandfather was a morning walker, a habit, I picked up from him while I was in class IV as he used to take me and my elder brother to a library in the public park. I moved from Phantom and Mandrake comics early in life to biographies of Bhagat Singh, Chandrasekhar Azad, Chanakya, Vikramaditya, MaharanaPratap, and abridged versions of Shakespeare - Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Merchant of Venice, Tempest and many many more. He also continued to tell me a story each evening, when we were together, since I was the age of 5 till about the age of 14, which cover the entire Bhaagwat, Ramaayan, Mahabhaarat, Puraan, Panchtantraand others.

My mother used to subscribe to Hind Pocket Books, 8 to 10 books used to come by post every month, it was like rain on parched land. As I moved to class VIII, I read Col. Ranjeet (34 of them), Sharad Chandra Chattopadhyay (Devdas ++ ), I also made serious effort in vain to learn Bangla to read him in original. Bankim Chandra, Acharya Chatursen, Shivani, Amrita Pritam, Gulshan Nanda, Krishan Chander. GurudattJi was a close friend to my father and he used to give a huge lot of books to him whenever we visited his place at Delhi. I read him extensively Ganga Ki Dhara (5 vol.), KhandarBolRahein Hein (4 vol.) and many many more, he was making serious efforts to bring Hindu and Muslim Community together, in his own way.

     As I moved to class X (1969) and further, I read James Hadley Chase (76 of them, every one that I could lay my hands on), Ian Flaming –James Bond (18 of them from Goldfinger to The Man with a Golden Gun), Alistair MacLean (28 of them from Guns of Naverone, Where Eagles Dare to Circus), Harold Robbins (Stiletto ,79 Park Avenue, to The Pirates). By the time I was in class XI and entered college the scene shifted to classics Jane Austin, Bronte sisters, Earnest Hemingway, Erich Segal. While pursuing my Law Degree, I heard Swami ChinmayanandJi (12th Chapter of Shrimat Bhagwad Geeta, Prashno Upanishad andNarad Bhakti Sutra) and that opened the gates of freedom for Self, read Bhagwat Gita (Tilak, Vinobha, Gandhi, Radhakrishnan, Satyamitranand Ji), Swami Vivekananda, Sri Arobindo, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bertrand Russell (History of Western Philosophy, Theory of Social Reconstruction), Biography of Philosophers. 

     From old Delhi Railway Station, I took a three wheeler and went to MPs flat at Humanyun Road, where I had to stay for some time till an alternate, more permanent arrangement was made. The flat at the ground floor, at Humayun Road was occupied by Mr. AvinashSanghi son of Mr. N.K. Sanghi, a servant and an old maid as the Parliament was not in session. Mr. N.K. Sanghi, the M.P. had gone to his constituency, Jodhpur.

    Around 8.30 am, I made a telephone call to Mr. S.C. Agarwal, who told me to reach 20-A, Lawyers Chambers in Supreme Court, on Bhagwandas Road, around 10.00 am, when he would be there. I took a three wheeler at about 9.15 am and requested to be taken to Supreme Court at Bhagwandas Road. At 9.30 am, I reached Bhagwandas Road and entered the premises of Supreme Court through Gate No. D. It was a great sight of the magnanimous balance shaped building, with a huge staircase and pillars standing before me, with lush green sprawled lawns. I had visited it once earlier with my father in May 1964, when Justice Gajendragadkar was the chief justice and he was sitting with four other judges in the chief justice court. As I turned on the right and entered into chambers block, through the porch, right in front was 20-A Lawyers chambers, with increasing numbers on the right till 48 and reducing on the left till 1. There was a brown signboard attached on the right top of the door and read ‘Ramamurthy & Co.’ and below that was written D.P. Singh and S.C.Agrawal.

    The door of the chamber was locked and I just walked up and down in the corridor of the chambers, familiarizing myself with the surroundings around and have a feel of place where I had to spend many years to come. In about 10 minutes a middle aged person came and opened the lock of the chamber. I told him that I was a law graduate from Jodhpur and had come to meet and work with Mr. S.C. Agrawal. The person told me that he was Mr. Sikka, the senior clerk of the law firm and looked at me with a curious smile, meaning of which is difficult to decipher and walked into the chamber, without speaking a word. 

     It was fairly a large room, with two wooden executive chairs, two large executive wooden tables stacked with files, leaving just enough space to get into a room on the side and four chairs in the front. There as another large table on the left, with two chairs behind it and three chairs in front, having a type writer in front of one of the three chairs. Between this large table and the wall immediately on the left was another long table from the door to the end of the wall which was heaped with files. There was just enough space to enter to the two chairs on the left behind the table. At the end of the room there was a gate on the right and as I walked in and peeped into it, I saw a table with two typewriters, a cyclostyling machine and the room packed with files from wall to wall. There was a gate at the back which opened into a parking space. Mr. Sikka who had entered the room was standing there and looked at me. We smiled at each other and I came back to the room. I took a seat on one of the two chairs behind the large table, immediately on the left of the entrance. Behind the chair was All India Reporter (AIR) from top of the wall, corner to corner, I checked up, it was from 1914, complete set as was in my father’s office. In the front was Supreme Court Reports (SCR) 1950 onwards, the last row had Supreme Court Cases (SCC) 1969 onwards and bare Acts. I wondered where the text books were.

I looked around to have a feel of the chamber and picked up 1950 SCR. As I looked at the list of Hon’ble Judges on the first page, I saw name of two ad hoc judges, Hon’ble Justice R.S. Naik and Justice Khaliluzzaman. A very interesting fact and I quickly turned over the pages to find where they were figuring and I saw four (4) judgments delivered by Supreme Court of India (Hyderabad), where their names were figuring. I turned over the pages and found the ‘Proceedings at the Inaugural Sitting of the Supreme Court of India, In the Court House, New Delhi, on January 28, 1950’.  It made a wonderful reading and nothing could have been a better document to enable me to understand the vision statement of Supreme Court on my first day at Supreme Court. I continued to read it, just aware of anybody entering the room.

At about 10 am Mr. S.C. Agrawal came and occupied the first of the two chairs at the end of the room. I got up and greeted him. Mr. Agarwal welcomed me and gave me a big broad smile and with a gesture of his hand told me to take the chair on which I was sitting. Mr. Sikka came out immediately, gave Mr. Agarwal some letters and files and Mr. Agrawal signed the letters, gave them back to Mr. Sikka and got busy with the files. After some time another advocate, around 45 yrs. of age entered the room, almost like one of my father’s associates and occupied the chair next to the chair on which I was sitting. He looked around and opened a file and started working on the file. I continued to read and kept looking at Mr. Agrawal, for an eye contact. 

    After some time Mr. Agrawal looked up and discussed something with the associate sitting next to me and after the discussion was over, looked at me and said “Aruneshwar, Mr. Francis, Mr. V.J. Francis” and looking at him said “Francis, Aruneshwar is a law graduate from Jodhpur and will be working here”. I got up and shook hands with Mr. V.J. Francis. Mr. Francis gave a very warm welcome smile and as I touched his hand I realized that his hands was unusually dry and rough. The first feeling I got with the touch was that he had gone through a lot and a very tough life. I asked him which of the chair I should occupy as my seat. 

    Mr. Francis, with a big smile said “Two chairs on those two table there, are for Mr. D.P. Singh, Senior Advocate and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the State of Bihar and Mr. S.C. Agrawal occupies the chair on which he is sitting, I sit on the chair on which I am sitting and the chair next to me is a musical chair, you are occupying it at present. Nobody will tell you to get up, but if somebody is sitting on it, you cannot request him to get up either. We have to get ready for tomorrow matters. Just watch and observe. You will soon pick up something”. 

    Suddenly, around 11 ‘o’ clock the activities in the chamber got moving and energized. Everybody seemed to be rushing here and there. Mr. Sikka rushed with the cause list and some papers out of the chamber. I looked up at Mr. Francis, with a question mark. To my surprise Mr. Francis smiled and said that the boss was there. I had never thought, that there was another boss around. After some time Mr. S.C. Agarwal got up to move out of the chamber, with two files in brown folders in his hand and with a gesture asked me to come with him. I got up to move behind Mr. S.C. Agarwal, who by that time had got out of the room and had turned left. At the same moment Mr. Sikka entered the room and by the time I could get out of the room and look left in the corridor Mr. S.C. Agarwal had disappeared into the oblivion. I was puzzled, it would be unwise on my part to go back and ask somebody. I, therefore, moved slowly and cautiously peeping into each chamber, through the glass fitted in the doors. As I crossed chamber 26, I saw a fleeting glimpse of Mr. S.C. Agrawal sitting in the end of the room and discussing something to another middle aged gentleman. I opened the door and slowly and cautiously walked into the chamber, which unlike 20A had a strong spring closure to close it, on its own silently. 

    As the door opened, Mr. S.C. Agrawal looked up as if he had forgotten that I was following him and continued the discussions with the gentleman. With a gesture he asked me to take a chair on a large black conference table, with a glass top on the left of the entrance. Every inch of both the walls on both the sides of the chamber was covered with books and books, text books on the right and English Law Reports on the left, a great place to be in. I could spend hours and hours here and satisfy my insatiable desire to read and read more, to learn and learn more, to know and know more. Slowly as I sat down and watched the discussion, I felt the existence of a very powerful personality like my father in front of Mr. S.C. Agarwal. Both Mr. S.C. Agrawal and the gentleman had thick brown folders in their hands. Mr. S.C. Agrawal was telling some facts to the gentleman, who continued to ask questions and make notes on the first page, of the thick brown folder, called brief. The gentleman told Mr. Agrawal about some judgments and Mr. Agrawal continued to give the citations of the judgments out of his memory, which the gentleman continued to write on his brief. Soon they finished holding the conference on all the four briefs. 

   After the conference was over and Mr. S.C. Agrawal was about to get up, he looked up at me and then at the gentleman and said “This is Aruneshwar from Jodhpur, son of Justice D.P. Gupta of Rajasthan, one of the 13 judges of High Court in MISA case. Aruneshwar, Garg Sahib”. Mr. Garg looked at me with a smile, Mr. S.C. Agrawal got up and left the room. I also got up as Mr. S.C. Agarwal left the room and continued to look at Mr. R.K. Garg for I expected him to say something. Mr. Garg had a pile of books on the table in front of him, some of them were in Urdu and others in English and he continued to make some notes on the brief. After sometime Mr. R.K. Garg closed the brief in hand and looked up straight at me and said:

    “So you are 26 years late in the profession, young man”.

  “But, I was born that way” said I not correctly understanding the basis and reasoning of his statement.

   “Supreme Court started in 1950 and you have come in 1976, how you think you will understand what Supreme Court is doing. There is only one way young man, if you are really serious in the profession, start reading 1950 onwards and 1976 backwards and continue to make notes. After you have read at least 10 years each side and continue to update with what is going on, you will have some idea of what Supreme Court is doing. Supreme Court has to lay down law for the entire country and you have to know what law is as interpreted by Supreme Court, what the basis of that law is and what law has to be laid down, if you do not know the direction of law, the way Supreme Court thinks, how can you assist the Supreme Court in performing its duties and if that doesn’t happen the institution will collapse. So read, write, analyse and discuss and see what is happening here”. It was a perfect statement, an articulate exposition, every word made sense, there was not a word that was out of context. Logic, direction and experience all clearly stated in the minimal possible words.

   “I will do it to the best of my ability,Sir” said I, feeling elevated and looking forward for the cherished task at hand and the presence of a powerful personality in action. I said “Good Day, Sir” and left the room as I realised that Mr. Garg had picked up a book and had got engrossed in the same. I came out of the chamber and saw the name plate, Mr. R.K. Garg on one side of the door and Ramamurthy & Co on the other side. I wondered who would be Mr. Ramamurthy and I saw chamber no. 27 right in front of chamber no. 26 with the name M.K. Ramamurthy. Someday I will know it all, thought I and walked back to the chamber no. 20 A.

   When I came back to 20A Lawyers Chambers, I realised that some other Advocate was sitting on the chair on which I was sitting earlier and talking to a client sitting in front of him. Mr. Francis looked at me and smiled, as if saying – “Look I had told you.” I took the seat in front of Mr. Francis, picked up 1950 SCR and started reading it. 

    Around 6.30 pm the activities in the chamber were over, everybody had left. I requested Mr. Sikka, if can sit over in the chamber late and that if I could get a duplicate key of the chamber, for I would be reaching at 9.00 am the next morning and would like to stay late for I had seen my father working late night till 2 am during my 18 yrs. of conscious life with him at Jodhpur (1958 – 1976). Mr. Sikka, looked at me, smiled and said that it would be possible for him the next day to give me a duplicate key of the chamber, though it was very unusual request, never made by any advocate yet and that the chambers in Supreme Court would finally close at 9 pm. I came back to Humayun Road, took a bath and walked on Shahaajahan Road till India Gate to have a feel of air of Delhi and the surroundings. Akhsay Sanghi told me that he was going to Chelmsford Club for squash and that behind Humanyun Road was Khan Market. I did not understand much, for I was neither a club goer nor market hunter. 

    I have come to take up law as the calling of my life and have to live a life with dignity in which market and clubs had no place. Though, I have not the remotest idea of what will unfold in time. Time will unfold all that has to come and I have the blessings of my grandfather and support of the divine…

A historical launch – Basketball India Players Association (BIPA)

July 29, 2017 marks a historical date for a historical event in the history of basketball in India. This historic occasion is a result of detailed discussions, deliberations and planning spreading over a period of almost two years between sports professionals and former Olympians, Arjun and Dhyanchand Awardees, Captain of Indian Men and Women Teams, international and national player and other stake holders of sports industry. 

Amongst the packed audience at Deputy Speaker Hall, Constitutional Club, New Delhi, to grace the launch of BIPA were present Yogeshwar Dutt – Olympian Medalist Wrestling 2012 (Chief Guest), Gian Sherawat Singh – Olympian 1984, Ajmer Singh – Arjun Awardee, Olympian Basketball-1980, Hanuman Singh - Arjun Awardee, Olympian Basketball – 1980, Zorawar Singh - Olympian Basketball – 1980, T.S.Sandhu - Olympian – 1980, Gajendra Singh – Member of Parliament and President BIPA, Ram Kumar – Dhyanchand, Former Captain Indian Men Team, Secretary General BIPA, Divya Singh, Former Captain Indian Women Team, Treasurer BIPA and many more who were duly facilitated on the occasion and committed themselves to passionately pursue the vision, mission and objectives of BIPA.

The vision, mission and objectives of BIPA was express, clear and were spelled out to provide BIPA members:

• Lifelong security

• Medical Coverage

• Tickets to events

• Pensions benefits

• Enhance and defend the image of players and the profession

• Represent and protect the rights of the players on all forums

Additional benefits that the players will get from BIPA were expressed as:

• Effectively market Players to leagues and international teams.

• Help players for overseas opportunities.

• Protect the player's contractual rights and other rights under  agreements

• Find a team, club, academy, agent and provide support in player trading

• Help the player maximize income from endorsements, commercials, autographs and appearances

• Advice player on his or her personal conduct and relationship with the media.

• Refer the player to medical specialists and treatment facilities as and when required

• Serve as a buffer between the player and their team when any issue arises

• Mentor players and be a positive influence for them

• Be available to a player's family to discuss any questions or concerns.

The goals of BIPA is clearly to uplift basketball and it's players in India by:

• Bringing a corporate structure to Basketball in India

• Bring benefits directly to the Players

• Launch bigger, better and more popular events

• Share profits with all the players

• Enhance value and worthiness of players within the society

• Empower every Basketball player as the sport grows

• Promote national icons on international level to help them get their due

• Make parents want their kids to play and be professional player

• Enthuse kids to play and take up basketball as profession

• BIPA Membership will be exclusively for players and basketball stakeholder

The Incorporation and launch of BIPA is unique and significant because of the following amongst many other reasons

• BIPA is the first Sports Association in the country in which all the promoters are  basketball players

• BIPA is the first Sports Association in the country in which all the office bearers are national and international basketball players

• BIPA is the one of the largest players association in the country and possibly in the world with about 2,800 members who are basketball players, coaches, referees, ground officials, physiotherapists, dietitians, and other stakeholders and the membership is likely to increase to 20,000 by the end of the year

• BIPA is making efforts to be founder member of World Basketball Players Association and World Players Association

One thought and notion was made clear, express and unambiguous by all the speakers that there is no conflict of interest of BIPA with any Federation or Association as their objective was to promote basketball which was also the objective of Olympianism and FIBA. The benefit of the activities carries out by BIPA will go to each player who will continue to play official tournaments held by Federation and Associations. The ultimate benefit of empowerment of players will go to the nation to win medals and accolades and glorification of the game.

Dimension Theory as basis of GDPS (Growth, Development, Progress and Social-Engineering)

   As a few people became aware of the fifth dimension and are manifesting, expressing and expounding their perception, understanding and knowledge relating to it (Interstellar - Movie), the institutions are gearing up to meet the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution which is setting in the VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world. VUCA nature of the world is the result of quantum existence of multi-dimensional beings, thriving to retain and maintain their identity.

     Human mind is capable of comprehending the direction of this webbed structure, which can be quickly grasped now, because the dimensional change post 2015 makes it possible for more beings to appreciate, understand and accept the dimension theory of GDPR as the basis of all the advancements and conflicts existing and will come into existence in due course of time. These changes continue to affect just everything and everybody as the social DNA continue to alter – economics, politics, governments, bureaucrats, international organizations, NGOs, entrepreneurs, family, relationships, law, art, sports, spiritual awareness etc. 
      People who matter are able to see the direction of the change and they help others who are affected by it absorb and move with the change. The seers, seekers, statesmen and leaders continue to sustain the system by communicating with the masses in various forms, in their daily social interaction. The masses are not interested to know the basis for they have their structured life routines to keep them engrossed and rely on their representative leaders for decision making and showing them the path. It is, therefore, imperative to understand the dimensions and understand how the change in dimension, continue to changes the world around  choicelessly.

    The cycle moves through full 12 dimensions. We deal up to sixth here, for that is relevant for our times and purposes, others will be revealed as the world continues to move in its lateral existence:

First Dimension: Dot; awareness or consciousness as single individual existening as unit; nomad; without settlement; pre-civilization; pre-agriculture; closest link to another dot, a line…

Second Dimension: Area; square, rectangle, circle, triangle; settlement; civilization; family; tribes, clan, colony; ownership of land; agriculture age/ wave; awareness of existence of a group; use of education and knowledge for survival; actions charged by passion; man to man combat…

Third Dimension: Awareness of time and space; Cube, prism, balls, volume; Expansion of territories beyond nation; acquisition of land by discovery and wars; art of war; relativity; first, second and third Industrial revolutions; accuracy, precision, punctuality, exactitude; mass production- mass destruction; 1770 -1955..

Fourth Dimension:  Awareness and belief in metaphysical existence; life beyond mere physicality; quantum mechanics; internet, web, space travel; border-less, gender-less, classless, timelessness world; search of soul mates; Intuitive wisdom, 24 x 7; open work culture, beyond time and space; TV, mobile and Internet; Awareness of consciousness, signs and symbols; 1955 - 2015..

Fifth Dimension:  Harmony in metaphysics; every being on the earth has a meaningful and purposeful existence being a part of the whole and must be given due recognition and respect; Synchronized deep relationships with people interse ... meeting with soul mates and respect to old souls; Cultural as barometer of gross social happiness; awareness of survival only if entire humanity join in concord; Collective consciousness in accord; talking to Angles; 2015 - 2035...

Sixth Dimension:  Rhythm in metaphysics; awareness of universal consciousness; Synchronized existence of majority of beings; universalism and blissfulness; 2035 +

     The dimensionality of the beings choicelessly continue to change, evolve and grow and so do their perception, thought process, attitude and social interaction and as the DNA of majority changes, it gets accepted and realized that the world has moved from one age to another as if mounted on a wave. The majority in the world moved from pre-agricultural age (prior to settlement and civilization) to agricultural age (prior to 1770) to industrial age (1770-1955), to e-age (post 1955) and finally to AI-age (Artificial Intelligence), post 2015.

   When the majority of human beings shifted from second dimension to the third, they became aware of time and space and were able to work on the wisdom of the past for new inventions, industrial age commenced with the first industrial revolution in 1770 in Europe. It was also the time when the booty of plunder and loot from India continued to arrive, without any resistance and competition. The development of steam engine, textile industry and iron played central roles.

    The second industrial revolution took place between 1870 and 1955 where Europe and America played central role. Banking institution and debt financial structuring brought in capital from thin air and supported inventions, and developed infrastructure and technologies. Use of electricity, oil and steel for mass production and mass destruction resulted in expansion of existing industries and growth of new ones. Major technological advances during this period included telephone, light bulbs, internal combustion engine and brought in competition and rise of individual nation.

     Post 1955 (when the white collar jobs in USA exceeded the blue collar jobs) service jobs exceeded industrial workers, the third industrial revolution resulted in shift to digital technology and brought in personal computers, the internet, mobile phones and information and communication technology. This shifted the world to a whole new webbed structure and a global village. People started getting linked to each other, in spite of themselves, and the awareness dawned on one and all that the globe is a single integrated and connected unit. The advent of e-age created a border-less, seamless, limitless, gender-less, classless, ageless, multi-culture world where the only barometer of beings’ achievements and success is the power of thought and capacity to provide means of economic exchange with products which were more accurate, faster, efficient and cost effective. During this period the attributes of majority of people shifted from the physical third dimension to metaphysical fourth dimension and that brought in sudden awareness to health issue, wellness and a shift to a more humane and spiritual being, a better civil society.

    The fourth industrial revolution broke in 2015 building itself on the digital revolution and marks the emergence of artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, quantum computing, biotechnology, 3D Printing and autonomous vehicles. Wealth creation by more humane ways and relationship based on co-existentialism has continued to evolve simultaneously in the quantum world as it progresses in the fourth industrial revolution. This new dynamics is taking precedence over a controlled world with monopoly in the hands of few charging passions of those who can be ruthlessly and brutally exploited in a created competitive and controlled environment in the lateral world. Suddenly there was also awareness of (mis) utilization of money in the hands of financial institutions and bankers by those who were anti human and anti-social.

Akhilesh Ji - The grand banyan tree

     How much and how little can one say about a person who has done so much for so many? Most of his amazing social contributions to unknown individuals came to light with great awe, admiration and reverence only after he had left us all with deep pain, shock and sorrow. Inheriting a political DNA from his father (Late) Babu Banarsidas Ji, former Chief Minister of UP, Akhilesh Ji was born as the youngest member in his family. From very early in his life he developed deep and amazing political sense and had a very humble beginning in his career.

    By sheer hard work, passion for helping the needy, he ardently continued to facilitate, even without knowledge of his family, every person that came to him for help. Nobody ever returned empty handed and without a solution from his house ever. We all feel the un-reasonableness of the hands of time in leaving us without a great person who relentlessly worked for wiping out so many tears from so many eyes, that approached him with love and affection.

   Akhilesh Ji rose to great heights in all spheres of his activities as he had developed a unique understanding of the human nature and social structures. He had complete grasp of fundamentals of political synergies and took every task in hand to its logical conclusion. After doing a job, he started a co-operative bank, then he was elected as the Mayor of Lucknow, thereafter member of Rajya Sabha and  Minister of State for steel in Union Cabinet. He conceived and created BBD University, where about 25,000 students are getting education and a large number of them free. As sports administrator he was able to take Badminton in India to new levels, during his tenure as President of BAI, India won medals in two consecutive Olympics. As real estate developer he developed BBD Greens, he started two newspapers Voice of Lucknow and Kaumi Khabren, 90.3 FM Channel, hotels and many more ventures. He handled them all with precision and great perfection. Akhilesh Ji was like a grand banyan tree, with his spread all over.

   While our family is left without a member who formed the finest ingredient of us all and whose presence we all cherished at all times, there are so many here and out there who are left without a supporter, friend in need and a guide providing a practical solutions in a moment. He was a dedicated worshipper of Lord Ganesh and it was on the wee hours of a Wednesday that he left us all without a whisper. Being without him is being without an indispensable part of our life. With greatest love, affection, fondness, admiration and respect, we pay our homage to a great soul and a fine human being. May he rest in peace and God give all possible strength to his wife, my sister Alka, son Viraj Sagar, daughter Sonakshi to take forward his legacy with same grandeur and to us all, who will always  always continue to remember him with fondness and miss him all our life.

Essential step to cleanse the economy

As the world has moved from third dimension to the fourth, on its march to the fifth, the limitations and restrictions of borders and time, which are vestige of the industrial age, have lost their significance in all facets of human and social interactions. Cultures, nations, institutions, social structures and processes that are refusing to move with the wave are being and will be wiped off. People around and the new generation in particular, has suddenly become health conscious and taking time out for workouts, yoga and cleansing. Use of organic food and being vegan is in vogue as never before, all this is leading to a more harmonised civil society, the avowed goal of the mankind. 

Money is a tool to exchange the produce and services and is the blood stream of the social system. The prosumer (producer + consumer) has not been getting its dues and feels exploited, either by legally sanctioned structures or by those who have domain knowledge. The contamination, toxins and cancerous growth in the national blood stream has been challenging its existence. Abrasions in every body and in all institutions always exist, which law continues to regulate and keep under check, but falling into line takes all those out of their comfort zone, who shamelessly glorify their plunders and loot. 

Resistance to change from status quo is natural, as it effects change from familiarity of the known and rupture the vested interest having deep rooted and pervasive control, fuelled by forces that fear the rising of a great civilization. Young India has been finding it impossible to make significant contribution in nation growth and GDP, for it finds itself struck in the global arth chakra.

Demonetisation is one of the many steps necessary and essential to cleanse our economy, which we all wish, but few have inclination to know and understand. Demonetisation is one solid beginning, by those who are able to perceive and are making efforts to rebuild nations’ foundation, but by itself is wholly irrelevant and can have disastrous consequences. For the moment, it has suddenly made all aware of the digital world and the institution of banking. Hoarding, under the garb of securing insecurities has suddenly lost its charm, charisma and demeanour. 

Demonetisation will need necessary support, processes and empowering of institutions by bringing in clarity, transparency and precision. With the follow up taking place, it will certainly lead to an amazing and significant change in the approach, attitude and outlook of all those who constitute the meaningful mass, bear the burden, is watching the change with awe and circumspection and is waiting for it to become irreversible.

Detoxication of money and its strategic timing will help India in forging ahead to become a part of the forces that drive the world economy. All this will need more than mere will of a single man with his strategy, it will need execution by a team with commitment and clearer understanding of the flow of the money in global context, its sources, streams, current and the formidable structures that protect it. 

With considerable resistance existing within and without, the process will certainly take time and the delivery will certainly have birth pangs. With deep strength in our culture, we will certainly be able to take the quantum leap and be a part of the paradigm shift for which we all have been waiting, since we choicelessly opened ourselves to the new age. Lets us join the chorus, by choice, and make mera Bharat mahan in its true sense, as we ride the fourth wave. 

Preface to Third Edition of Shrimat Bhagwad Geeta - The Song Celestial - A Lawyer's Perspective

As the world choicelessly continues to move from the third to the fourth to the fifth dimension and feels more closer to existence of harmony in metaphysics, reading, understanding and assimilation of the simple but deep learning so beautifully expounded in Shrimat Bhagwad Geeta has more relevance and significance to mankind than ever.

 There is not a single word in the song celestial which does not contain an underlying thought or hold a significant meaning to relate to the path that every human being is traveling both in lateral time and in quantum way. It is for us to locate our standing and move forward to achieve the true and real purpose of life. It is also for us to see why those who, though seem to be rising on social ladder, are falling from the true and real purpose of life, until the truth dawns and the karmic colors continues to splash on life canvas, following irreversible laws of nature, without judgment. The song celestial helps us to unwind all that riddles us, once we decide to let our life loose.

 There is not a single word or thought which can be added in the song celestial here, there or anywhere. Shrimat Bhagwad Geeta is a complete code in itself, with its tributaries and attributes reaching all over. Time and again it becomes imperative for every self who in the process of seeking realization seeks to decipher the mundane and the ephemeral as also the metaphysical and ethereal to perceive the picture as a whole, which it quests to experience, as the goal and purpose of coming into existence.

 A chart of, It – A Road Map, an interpretation of first mantr of the first Sukt of first mandal of Rig Ved and 1 -9 mantr, an interpretation of Gaayatri Mantr, Kaal Gadna (Time Calculation), the lateral years of Shri Krishn’s existence and a detailed index of names and Sanskrit words not having corresponding English words, has been added to bring some more information on record about them, references of which finds place in Shrimat Bhagwad Geeta, about which Arjun was well aware and appreciated them fully, but the existing generation finds difficult to lay hands on. In absence of correct interpretations of the books from the east, the English world has suffered the great age of ignorance and unawareness. The effort is to provide easy, simple and correct material which makes its way into mind space, to enable perpetual enjoyment of the ecstasy and bliss of existence.