Light and dust

Justice Sirpurkar, it seems, is multilingual too. Having served in Kolkata, he was able to quote Tagore in Bengali and recite Urdu verse with the same ease. Lighting a lamp to inaugurate the conference, Justice Sirpurkar quoted the poet on the significance of the lamp, and how it had "the potential to light others". He added that lawyers should be the lamps that spread awareness about competition law across the country. Then in pure northern tradition, he broke into a sher: "Dhool Chehre pe thi, aur Aaina saaf karta raha," referring to misplaced priorities that arise out of a lack of understanding.