CASE FOR RAM The Untold Insider’s Story
Picture this: a deity stepping into the witness box. Case for Ram pulls back the curtain on an extraordinary courtroom drama where spirituality, jurisprudence and historical reckoning became impossibly entangled. At its heart lies the Ram Janmabhoomi dispute, a sprawling Supreme Court saga that forced the Indian legal system to grapple with an unprecedented question: can God be a party to litigation? Through meticulous reporting, Sharma reconstructs the strategy sessions, the heated exchanges, the mountains of archival documentation that shaped this epochal trial. The narrative orbits around K. Parasaran, a nonagenarian legal stalwart who navigated the case's labyrinthine complexities with remarkable acuity. Yet the story extends far beyond one man's courtroom prowess. We witness the fractious relationships between rival Hindu claimants, encounter centuries-old deeds and decrees that suddenly mattered, and see how a single judgment rippled across India's cultural and political fabric. What emerges is neither a dry case study nor hagiography, but something rarer: a granular account of how law, faith and collective identity collided, reconstituted themselves, and ultimately reshaped the nation. This is the untold side of a trial that defined a generation.
- Author: Anirudh Sharma
- Publisher: Rupa Publications India
- Genre: Plays & Drama
- ISBN: 978-9370032415
- Pages: 472 pages