Holding a sheet of a cardboard against the oil lamp to shield the light of the other members of the family from the light of the lamp, an underweight slim boy with powerful shining eyes, which can be termed as “twin lamps of the truth” is sitting against the study table in the small village of Paneli in India. He feels a different object in his mind, something bigger, something more ambitious and a world of his own vision. He wants to occupy the place, which was unique.

His mind is one of the most active. He feels even when he was a boy that he has got nothing in common with common man. His every action marked him out from other boys. All his mates looked upon him as leader and superior. He left for England at the tender age of sixteen for higher education. He spent more and more time in the British museum reading and studying the lives of great men. He passed his Bar-at-Law with distinction and he was the youngest Indian student ever to be called to the Bar. He was too worried about his family, which was going through a worst crisis and waiting for his monetary help. But neither he was disappointed nor he gave up his struggle.

He had full confidence in his determination and firmness. He always chose difficult path of honour. This puny person knew his inner strength and word impossible was alien for him. Soon this graceful, charming and well dressed barrister was noticed by the high society. Within no time he occupied a very strong position at the Bombay Bar. He was considered an authority on question about law. He earned a........

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