11th to 17th June

Read the review of Fali S.Nariman's 'Before Memory Fades' in the Indian Express on 12th. It is in the nature of an autobiography. He writes about emergency, judgment of justice Jugmohan Lal Sinha of Allahabad High Court, which according to him is not very convincing, acquiescence of the then President of India, late Fakhruddin Ahmed,a former Advocate General of Assam, a pliant President was prevailed upon by 3 lawyers: Sarvashree H.R. Gokhle, S.S. Ray & Rajni Patel, many areas of silence in our constitution, Ramnath Goenka, the courage of 2 o'clock in the morning kind: unprepared: personal appearance not dispensed with, shuttling from one place to another dutifully putting up appearance, judicial overreach, level of the Joint Secretary, single directive, his effort to modify the provision of single directive and failure etc. I would like to buy a copy and read in details.The following lines from the write-ups of the editorial page of the Indian Express dated 13-06-10 attracted my attention.
1. Meghanand Desai. 'After 1917, Lenin did not repay those socialists with any kindness. That was his way. Now his way is gone'. I think the society is now full of Lenins. These Lenins do not remember what their friends,relations and colleagues did for them. They are thankless lot like Lenin.
2. Talvin Singh. She has written about 'democratic feudalism'. She is 100 percent correct.
3. Sudheendra Kulkarni. 'The greatest danger was separating oneself from reality'. True to the hilt.
4. Shombit Sen Gupta. 'Football can turn around fortunes'. A multi billion phenomenon much more in volume than cricket.
Venita had FNAC at a diagnostic center in Karkadoma on 14th.
On 15th Kaushal, his wife Gouri, Neha and Babua came. Had lunch and left after about an hour. I gave Kaushal a book written by Obama. I dint like his style. These days I am reading 'The Last Lecture', a book given to me by Ruchi, my eldest daughter-in-law. Got a mail from Ruchi on 17th. The grand children are expected in Delhi after 15th July and she requested me to organize swimming and riding lessons for them.I am trying. The FNAC report is negative and suspicious formation in the breast of Venita is not malignant.