This is the second volume of a compilation of annual lectures delivered under the auspices of the Alladi Memorial Trust. Eminent jurists, lawyers, academicians, social activists, and distinguished persons serving in several fields of cognitive endeavor have delivered the annual lectures organized in memory of Dr. Kuppuswami. The first fourteen lectures were compiled and published in an earlier volume, The Alladi Memorial Lectures in 2009.

The present volume is a compilation of ten of the subsequent annual lectures, from 2005 to 2018. The lectures were given by V. S. Rama Devi, Justice Jayachandra Reddy, Justice M. Jagannadha, Shantha Sinha, Anand Teltumbde, Justice Venkatarama Reddi, P. Sainath, Madhav Gadgil, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, and Neera Chandhoke. The book has an introduction by Justice Raghuram Goda.