Iceman’s Realm

At a light-hearted event in New Delhi, the society of Indian Law firms honored business tycoon Vijay Mallya for his contribution to business and Ram Jethmalani for his lifetime contribution to law.  One brews and distills, and the other does the tasting. Both are fond of the good things in life. And both are young - one in age and the other in spirit. The reference to Jethmalani’s age (86) brought back memories of a nine year old press conference after he was forced to resign from the Vajpayee cabinet. A young television reporter then asked him, ‘Mr Jethmalani, do you think your political career has been nipped in the bud?’ He had a hearty laugh then. At the recent function, someone reminded him of that question and said, ‘She was right. You had at least another decade of political career which was nipped then. Hearing this, Jethmalani let out another hearty laugh.