SOLI SORABJEE: Life and Times: An Authorized Biography by Abhinav Chandrachud. Published in 2022 by Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd, 4th Floor, Capital Tower 1, M. G. Rd, Gurgaon, 122002; website: www.penguin.co.in. Pp: 280. Price: Rs 799.
Soli Sorabjee led a long life which was eventful enough to merit a highly readable biography. Although he never got around to writing his memoirs, a number of festschrift-style books were published during his lifetime which provided windows to his professional achievements. And now comes an "authorized” biography which purports to describe his "life and times,” authored by a practicing lawyer from Bombay......