"I believe in living for people"
By Belu Maheshwari

THE Government of India has just conferred the prestigious Padma Bhushan on crusader H.D. Shourie at the grand young age of 87. It is an honour that he richly deserves. After retiring from the I.A.S., he was not satisfied with leading a peaceful life, pottering about the garden or writing his memoirs. Instead, he plunged headlong into fighting for causes which would, in some way, better the life of common Indians. With sheer grit, he crossed innumerable hurdles. Through Public Interest Litigation (PIL), he won many landmark cases in the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court and the National Commission for the causes he believed in.

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