The Journey of A Misfit

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Description
Iam a misfit in my society. I could never fit in in my society. My behaviour and attitude had always set me apart from others. I am non-conformist, non-conventional and non- compromising.
Poverty in my early life had a profound impact on my later life also.
To fulfill my desire to scribble the story of my life journey for my posterity I have ventured to do so in three separate parts. There were broadly four turning points in my life. First, in my childhood when two strangers to our family came to my life to inspire me to aspire. Second, when I got admitted. to the then most reputed college of Calcutta Presidency College in 1957 to think big. Third, when I left home for England to become a barrister in 1966. And the fourth and last was when I embarked upon my journey as a lawyer in Calcutta High Court in 1972 after being called to the Bar from Hon'ble Society of Lincoln's Inn, London as a barrister in 1971.
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Table of Contents
PART - I Sojourn to England
1. Journey Begins
2. A Naturalist
3. Invaluable Information
4. Foot in London-First Indian Dinner
5. Dreaded Loneliness
6. Settling down Work & Work and Save & Save
7. Self Education
8. British Civil Service
9. The Cook who Never Cooked
10. Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, London
11. Call to the Bar
12. Life Continues
13. Last Shelter in England
14. An Epilogue.
15. Some Photographic Images
PART-II Swimming in and against the Stream
1. Lawyer who did not have a Law Degree
2. Poor Family and Financial Base
3. Devilling
4. On own Feet
5. Proverbial Clerks of Barristers
6. Taking off and Flying in the Profession
7. Fee Structure of Lawyers in Calcutta High Court
8. Barristers verses Advocates in Calcutta High Court
9. Beyond High Court
10. Bar Council of West Bengal as I found as Member and Chairman
11. Tenure as Advocate General of State of West Bengal
12. Calcutta High Court's Lamentable Journey-
A Scar, a Dent to the Glory
13. Some Glimpses of Laws and their Practice in Courts
14. Menace of Abuse of Judicial Process
15. Delay in Justice Delivery System
16. Independence of Indian Judiciary
17. Industrial and Economic Scenario in the State of West Bengal
18. Post Script
Some Communications and Advices
Some Photographic Images
PART-III Roots of the Misfit
1. Sweet Home Coming
2. Putulwala Bari-A Three Storied Slum by the River
3. Private Enterprises in the Slum Building
4.  Slum of Joy.
5. Childhood
6. Home Industry
7. Schooling
8. A Social Activist
9. Journeys out of Calcutta
10. Some Pleasant Memories
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Author Details
Bimal Kumar Chatterjee a Ford Foundation scholar in Economics from University of Calcutta is a Barrister from Lincoln's-Inn, England and a Senior Advocate. He is former Advocate General for the State of West Bengal and also former Chairman, Bar Council of West Bengal. He was a faculty member of Council of Legal Education, England and as a visiting faculty was associated with a number of single faculty Law Universities in India. He is the author of SECULARISM & CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. Collection of some of his essays on diverse contemporary legal, social and international issues was published under the title of LAW IS NOT AN ASS.