In a country like India where writing autobiographies has not remained much in vogue, an autobiography from a retired High Court Judge, that also in Hindi, is as pleasant and surprising as getting utter justice on time itself. But as one goes through deeper into the pages of an autobiography named ‘Ek Nyayadheesh Ki Chintandhaara Evam Atmkahaani’ by former Judge of Patna High Court Anand Prasad Sinha, one ends up not only with an inner surge of strong sense of responsibilities in whatever one’s profession might be, but also finds many of one’s myth and hearsay notions about Indian Judicial System and judges torn apart completely.In the 232-page autobiography divided in two parts, Sinha has tried and succeeded to describe his life and the meaning of his being. In first part of the Autobiography, he has penned down his views about issues of untouchability, Juvenile Justice Act, hostile witness, kidnapping and abduction and rape that are eating up social fabric of India as a diverse society. Through a number of his verdicts as a Judge, he has tried to depict a vivid picture of the supremacy of the feeling that only a reform-centric justice can make sense and become the right substitute of missing link between judiciary and the person seeking justice.
The biography is full of incidents where a philanthropist in Sinha has helped those peons and orderlies’ lives becoming better, who were working with him and who didn’t have much hope left in their lives. He has also shared stories about how he earned even enmity for doing justice to those deprived of it since years. Above all, it is fascinating to see a Judge opening himself to be judged.