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Comment On the Loom of Time, An Autobiographical Memoir of Shiva Kant Jha
By Dr. Justice G.C. Bharuka, Former Actg. Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka
"Usually, an autobiography is the story of how a man thinks he lived. But it is not true of all the autobiographies. 'On the Loom of Time' by Shri S.K. Jha depicts a journey full of turns, achievements, shattering of images, impressions and convictions. Apart from telling the story of his life and family, he has made a sincere effort to raise some issues of social and constitutional importance. These issues have as well been analyzed in the spiritual and moral perspective with rare and remarkable skill of presentation. Upon his retirement in 1998 after having served as a member of the Indian Revenue Service for almost 34 years, he joined the Supreme Court bar. He firmly believed that moral values propounded in Shrimad Bhagwat Gita should be kept in mind while interpreting our Constitution and administrating justice. The later part of the memoirs is more a work on jurisprudence and spiritual expositions and at times, it is the blending of the two."
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