He briefly read law at University College London, but again left school, opting instead for independent study of Shakespeare's plays Coriolanus,
and Antony and Cleopatra and the Religio Medici of Thomas Browne.
To the Hindu and Muslim Religio- political leaders who have been
contesting the Ayodhya issue in the courts for 50 years and on the streets for a decade and a half, the Shankaracharya is no less crucial.