Hindustan Times (Patiala)

All the religions tell us to do good work: Justice Nariman

- ■ Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi with Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and other dignitarie­s in New Delhi on Saturday. letters@hindustant­imes.com

The theory of reincarnat­ion in various religions essentiall­y tells every person to do good things in life so that the person has a chance of living a better life in the next birth, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman explained on Saturday while delivering the 7th Dr L M Singhvi Memorial Lecture here.

Justice Nariman, a noted Supreme Court judge, spoke about the importance of karma (deed) and said to a packed auditorium at the Ambedkar Internatio­nal

Centre that reincarnat­ion theories “give you a moral ladder to climb and be good to others”.

A book on LM Singhvi, titled “The Journey of a Wise Man”, was also released at the event attended by many legal luminaries, politician­s from different parties and curious intelligen­tsia. Noted lawyer and senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi described Justice Nariman as someone with phenomenal memory of wide-ranging subjects such as history, literature and religions. Justice Nariman spoke about how as early as 4th and 5th century BC, a few top philosophe­rs, including Greek mathematic­ian Pythagorus, had expanded upon reincarnat­ion. Talking about comparativ­e religions, he underlined why “as you sow, so shall you reap” was important in life.

Chairman of the event, Gopal Krishna Gandhi, pointed out that Nariman belongs to a minuscule minority of Parsis but gave thoughts of all religions and that too, under the unifying umbrella of Babasaheb Ambedkar.

He said if thoughts can get reincarnat­ed, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr’s philosophy should come alive again.

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