Hans Raj Khanna (1912-2008)

(July 3, 1912 - February 25, 2008)

To his sister days before delivering the sole dissent in the Habeas Corpus case: "...I have prepared a judgment that is going to cost me the Chief Justiceship of India."

[From H.R. Khanna, Neither Roses Nor Thorns (Eastern Book Co., 1987)]

"How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."

Marcus Aurelius.

27.

27.
Cube of 3.
Atomic number of cobalt.
Number of amendments to the U.S. Constitution (so far).
Width of the tennis court (in feet, without the galleries).
Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison: all died at the age of 27.
The Italian Job: 27 million dollars in gold.

But most importantly, 27=1/2 of 54.