This lawyer enjoys break from his work with his family members
Deepkamal Kaur
Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, April 20
Having remained busy with high-profile cases for the past 37 years, it has been a forced break but one of the most enjoyable times in the life for city’s top criminal lawyer Mandeep S Sachdev.
Now, I realise that I have earned a lot of money in my life, but these are all artificial gains. I have not been able to spare much time for my family for whom I have been earning. There is nothing more precious in life than having a cup of tea in the balcony with my wife every morning amid a cool breeze and beautiful flowers all around. Having breakfast with my daughters, watching movies sitting with them and enjoying mouth-watering delicacies prepared by them give me all the joy of my life. Mandeep S Sachdev, criminal lawyer
“Ever since I started practising in 1993, I have been taking just holidays for two days in a year. I have made sure that I visit the gurdwara and attend the programmes marked the Gurpurb celebrations. The rest of the days, I work non-stop from 9 am to midnight, preparing cases for my clients. Besides, I have to stay out of home for two to three days a week for cases listed in the High Court or the Supreme Court. But the ongoing lockdown has changed my life completely,” said the lawyer, who has earlier been the District Bar Association president.
Expressing his feelings, Sachdev said, “Now, I realise that I have earned a lot of money in my life, but these are all artificial gains. I have not been able to spare much time for my family for whom I have been earning. There is nothing more precious in life than having a cup of tea in the balcony with my wife every morning amid a cool breeze and beautiful flowers all around. Having breakfast with my daughters, watching movies sitting with them and enjoying mouth-watering delicacies prepared by them (using YouTube recipes) give me all the joy of my life. The only point where we have a clash is over the choice of movies as my wife and I prefer old movies, while they enjoy the new ones.”
He said, “There is so much relaxation in my life that even my dog Boozo (a Labrador) seems to be asking me as to why I was at home all the day. He keeps coming to me and enjoys playing with me.”
Sachdev said, “Had there been no lockdown, I would have attended the marriage of my cousin on April 12-13 in Agra, which had to be postponed. I was to visit the US embassy last week for my visa extension to attend another wedding in the family in June. Even that wedding has been put off. Since I cannot help being active socially, I have been calling up friends and family members, messaging them and asking their well being. I have been active on Facebook as well. While I earlier used to post my pictures while studying in my legal library at home or attending court cases, these days I discuss various debatable topics.”
He said, “Earlier, I used to remain anxious about winning a case. But these days, all my anxiety is around the fact that the world should not suffer and India should win this war against the coronavirus.”
