I read Berjis Desai’s piece "Righteousness vs. ritualism: an eternal controversy — I” (Parsiana, February 21-March 6, 2022), and believe that he would have better served the community had he written an article on "Righteousness and ritualism,” rather than "Righteousness vs ritualism.” Desai, an eminent jurist, has resorted to the use of a logical fallacy. Perhaps, this is not surprising since lawyers are trained to see things as black or white — guilty or not guilty — while the majority of lay people see the world in greater than 50 shades of grey. Arguing for righteousness vs ritualism is a......