Overview
- Speaking at the release of An Accidental Lawyer, former MP Subhashini Ali said Venugopal stayed publicly silent during 2017–2022 as majoritarian politics intensified.
- Ali listed the CAA protests, lynchings, the farmers’ movement, the abrogation of Article 370, home demolitions, hate speech and the Ayodhya judgment as issues he did not address.
- She said Venugopal personally pressed for her to be on stage and conveyed that he did not want sycophants, noting she warned organizers she would be critical.
- N. Ram characterized the autobiography as a self-reflective search for understanding, describing it as an effort by Venugopal to come to terms with himself.
- The launch drew leading figures from the bar and bench, and the book recalls his shame over the Babri Masjid demolition and credits junior advocate Suhasini Sen as co-author.