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In the early 1950s, a young law graduate named Balvant Parekh stood in a Mumbai warehouse where he worked as a peon—literally sleeping in the same space—alongside his wife Kantaben. Despite earning a law degree from Government Law College Mumbai and clearing the bar council exams, Balvant had refused to practice law. The profession, he felt, demanded too many lies. His family was disappointed. His grandfather had been a magistrate. His father wanted him to follow that path. B