He lived in Bellari in Karnataka. In young age, he applied for jobs. And he got a job of typist cum assistant at Junagadh in Agricultural University.

He used to give his whole salary for education and maintenance of his younger brothers and sisters and hence he could not marry.

He was good at 1) typing and at 2) Preparing itinerary for his boss.

After completing required years, he took voluntary retirement with pension and shifted to practice in Supreme Court of India.

Here also he used to have a fixed itinerary. He will come to Supreme Court at 9 am. From 9 to 10 he would read newspapers and will chat with friends.

From 10am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm, he will retire in library cubical and will start writing books.

Next day, he would wake up at 5am. First he will pray to various Gods in fourteen Universes, as per his religious beliefs.

Then he will start typing what he may have written previous day in library.

He lived 6 months in Delhi and 6 months in Bellari. He received few cases. Mostly he lived on his pension and on earnings from his books.

He wrote exhaustive books with commentaries and case laws on different subjects prescribed for Advocate on Record Examination of Supreme Court.

His books were published by Wadhwa Publications. When Amazon wanted rights of his books, he was called to US for discussion and documentation.

Then he went to International Court of Justice. He met Justice Dalveer Bhandari who was one of the judges at Internation Court of Justice. He sought permission to sit in library of ICJ and to do research on its cases in order to write books. There such researchers are called “Jurist”.

Permission was granted to him to research there and now he became a “Jurist” at ICJ.

He never told me so but I assumed that some senior advocates in Supreme Court used to help him annonymously, financially, for his foreign tours. My this assumption can be right or wrong.

I have not seen him since some years. He must have retired. Last time when we talked, he had indicated plan to live at a very good old age home in Bellari.

I have noticed four outstanding qualities in him.

1) His beliefs in his Gods and his habit of daily morning seeking help from Gods for his projects.

2) His planned way of living by itinerary. His daily work was based on his meticulously prepared itinerary about when he will go, when he will reach, when he will start, when he will stop. Many times, he showed me his itinerary for his daily life and projects.

3. He worked hard. He believed that Lord Hanumanji used to give him strength to work hard.

4. Integrity in words and deeds. It is hard to find people who speak truth and keep their words.

His name is Gururaja Chari. He lives somewhere in Bellari in Karnataka. His books are published by Wadhwa Publications, Delhi.

I write this story because his story needs to be told to those who say that they could not progress due to poverty of their parents.

(c) Haresh Raichura 16/6/20