Will we follow China in imposing restriction on Social Networking websites?
Delhi HC Judge, Justice Suresh Kait’s recent ‘threat’ in relation to imposing a ban on social networking sites such as Facebook, Google, Yahoo etc. has attracted substantial criticism. The civil judge instructed these sites to remove any “anti-religious” or “anti-social” contents by February 6, 2012 even while the media and public kicks up a hornet’s nest on the issue. Continue reading
I distinctly remember the day when I bagged the Twelfth International Maritime Law Arbitration Moot 2011. I was not too happy. We were a team of six including two researchers. I don’t think anyone was enthusiastic except in the beginning. This is a moot with a particularly long ‘gestation period’. One had to revive energy and spirit repeatedly, given the dicey problem and the enormous amount of research involved. With no idea about Arbitration and absolutely no idea about Maritime Law, it was a tough job. By the time July arrived, I was worked up with the amount of labour it took. Working in the middle of exams was the worst part of this moot. No matter how much I tried balancing moot work and academics, I couldn’t. The loads of exemptions I took weren’t enough. The moot was still very demanding. Continue reading
9:30
I write this as I wait in the spacious, neat and suave office of Mr. Pranith Nanavati, Patent & Trademark Attorney. I’ll be interning here during the month of May. This is my third internship in the span of two years at GNLU, after HRLN and K.K. Manan & Associates. I’ve interned less than most others in my batch have.
An internship is supposed to be a work experience where one is required to assist an advocate in all kinds of lawyering work, drafting documents, helping in research work, accompany the advocate to court and watch him plead or simply do nothing! Doing nothing is the best description most internships can be given. Last semester while interning in Delhi, I actually understood that not all interns are lucky to get work while interning. Work is ideally supposed to be snatched.
The idea of being a patent and trademark attorney had crossed my mind once in the first year when I gave up the idea of being a hardcore IPR attorney. I was told that one needs a study background in Science to get there. I still don’t know anything about IPR or patents or trademarks despite the fact that one of my parents is a patent expert and both of them know a great deal about IPR. However, they’re just words to me. I have no idea what to say if Mr. Nanavati asks me as to what these words mean. Pity, I’m interning in a Patent & Trademark firm! Continue reading
There is a reason why I’m writing today. Of course, there has always been a reason when I blog. But today is not like everyday. Of course, no day is like everyday… routine or regular. And so was not, that friend.
I thought life was pretty simple when one is around their loved ones or those close to heart. We laugh together, we cry together, we have fun together, we make fun together, we break rules together and we also suffer consequences together. How simple is that?! We give our 100% when our loved ones need us because we place them at a very high priority. We go for a walk with them in spite of those aching feet; we eat street food with them despite the typhoid concerns setting aside the thought of mum’s stern instructions against it. We do crazy things that we never would have done… just to make them happy. Sometimes, their smile, happiness and satisfaction take precedence over our own. Because we love them, we share everything with them… right from tiffin boxes to notes to secrets to our souls (I’m lucky, I didn’t!). Continue reading
A year and a half back in October, it probably took me 20 minutes to decide that I had to go for law. I knew no passion for justice, no taste for politics, no craze for money, no craving for status or placement, no competition for GPAs (as much as I knew about them). All I knew back then was that I had to do something great with the next five years of my life and develop myself with whatever I had. Continue reading