J Sai Deepak

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**L to R:** Dr Amar Patnaik, Member of Parliament – Rajya Sabha: Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, SKOCH Group: Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister & Suparna Banerjee

J Sai Deepak Advocate, Supreme Court of India

It is called a book of consequence. It is also called a rigorous survey of India’s political history since the Papal Bull of 1493. In the book, J Sai Deepak argues that while the colonisation of the Indian landscape may have been reversed, the minds continue to be possessed and ultimately handicapped by a historical narrative that the outsider set for us.

The author explores the underpinnings of the idea of Bharat, by first traveling into the history to excavate the corrosion of the idea, then as lawyers do, offering evidence of its sustenance and subsequently paving the way for a decolonised interpretation of the constitution. The book traces the history of the Indian conscience as it was bruised and moulded by the intervention of the foreign.

The writer suggests that ever since Christopher Columbus’ travels, the notional wisdom has been to consider, “European history as the history of humanity”. Not only has this notion robbed others of agency, but it has also delegitimised the existence of the indigenous and the right of the indigenous people to assert their cultures.

**J Sai Deepak**
Senior Advocate and Member, Rajya Sabha

Mr J Sai Deepak, Advocate, Supreme Court of India:D

J. Sai Deepak is an engineer-turned-law firm, partner-turned-arguing counsel. Sai has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Anna University (2002-06) and a bachelor’s degree in law from IIT Kharagpur (2006-09). He has been a litigator since July 2009 and was an Associate Partner at a leading National Capital Region-based litigation firm, Saikrishna & Associates. In June 2016, Sai founded the Law Chambers of J. Sai Deepak and set up practice as an arguing counsel. He is engaged by law firms and individual solicitors to appear on behalf of their clients before the Supreme Court of India, the Delhi High Court, the Madras High Court, the Competition Commission of India, and the NCLAT. In close to thirteen years of practice, Sai has carved a niche for himself in Civil Commercial litigation, IP litigation, Constitutional law, and Competition law with reported judgments to his credit in each of these practice areas. He is also the author of the bestseller India That is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution published by Bloomsbury in 2021.

Mr J Sai Deepak, Advocate, Supreme Court of India:D

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