Lack of education and family planning among certain segments of the population means that we are saddled with millions of jobless, unemployable youth. What we saw is this section of the population venting its anger, which the opposition parties cleverly channelised using the rhetoric of reservation, welfarism, anti-capitalism and identity politics.

As a believer in free markets and meritocracy, and an opponent of welfarism and identity politics, I worry about the future of the country and my own future. My sister has settled abroad and I will try to do the same now.

Reasons:

1. Muslim vote bank consolidation pan India. Because the BJP has treated Muslims badly.

2. Dalits in UP who vote for Mayawati shifting to the Congress and Samajwadi party. Because Dalits were attracted by Rahul Gandhi’s promise of private sector reservations.

3. In West Bengal, where there is high unemployment and lack of industries, poor people voting for Mamata Banerjee because she increased the Lakshmir Bhandar dole amount. Because poor and unemployed people need doles and will take it from whoever gives it.

4. People in Maharashtra rejecting the BJP’s dirty politics of splitting parties and the poor performance of CM Shinde.

5. Well-off Hindu BJP voters not voting in high numbers pan India because of the heatwave, travelling on holiday etc.

6. Because Gen Z is unemployed and frustrated, as evident from the result in Punjab where independent candidates demanding Khalistan won, including one in jail.

7. Because Gen Z follows Dhruv Rathee.

1. Agniveer Scheme -

Pissed off a lot of Haryana, Punjab, Himachal, Uttarakhand, UP youth. Very badly.

Lack of Government Jobs - Because of BJPs fiscal conservative policy they slashed government recruitment.

India is a poor country. Crores of youth dream of the few government jobs. When these few government jobs are cut. It will make youth anrgy.

2. Lack of Freebies

Rahul promised freebies which cannot be given even if entire Indian budget is given as freebies.

Women are BJP Voters. INDIA ALLIANCE got women voters because of FREEBIES politics.

3. Caste Politics

Hindus are not united. They will never be. But opposition did a good job at Caste politics.

BJP never understood caste dynamics.

Caste Politics works very well in India. That's why SP won in UP.

MUSLIM Unity - Muslims strategically voted for India Alliance.

4. Youth Unemployment

India could never make jobs like China. Even with Modi's reforms. Employment generation was very slow.

Just imagine this -

India's biggest tier 1 law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Trilegal has less than 1000 lawyers.

One Chinese tier 1 firm (DENTONS) has 7000 lawyers within China prc and 3000 outside.

India never had manufacturing jobs even with Modi reforms.

China generated 40 crore manufacturing jobs. India barely has generated 4 crore manufacturing jobs. Very low.

5. Dhruv Rathee, Better INDIA Alliance PR

BJP got God complex.

6. RSS BJP Infighting

BJP and RSS are at a cold ear over past 3 years. RSS did all dirty work for BJP and never got any credit. This time RSS didn't work for BJP. And taught them a lesson.

7. Big bang reforms without understanding people's choices

For Example -

Farm Laws, Labour Reforms are excellent for the country. But people hate it. You loose votes when you do it.

India doesn't do reforms unless we have a gun pointed at us (LPG Reforms at 1990s and Nuclear Testing happened because we had no option)

I had posted on LI that Congress would get more seats because of their election manifesto promise to consider legalising same-same marriages. Queer people and the youth would vote Congress for this. You all mocked me. Well, what do you have to say now? I have been clearly proved right.

I just had two questions regarding the same-

will my credentials (private law school and 1st yr)work against me in my submission?How long does their team take to respond? I do not know whether my articles are worthy of publication in NLS blogs. However, what i do know is that i worked hard to research and write that article so i want to get it published at least somewhere but I have seen many comments on LI itself that their team is very un-responsive to submissions and got scared. What time should i wait for them to consider my blog and if they do not give a reply in suppose a month can i write a mail to them informing them that I am taking back my submission and submit it for consideration elsewhere or will it become useless if they do not respond. This is coming from someone who has gone through the pain of cold mailing for the first time while searching for internships and who got happy on even seeing a rejection mail from some of them.

Let's not miss something very important: the TMC won many seats because the anti-TMC vote was split between the BJP and the Congress/Left coalition. Classic case is Adhir Chowdhury's constituency (with 52% Muslim population) where many Hindus polarised to vote for the BJP and in the end the winner was cricketer Yusuf Pathan, a rank outsider from outside Bengal. Another example is Mahua Moitra's constituency. Many, many more such examples.

Hypothetically, if either the BJP or the Congress/Left had not contested, Mamata would not be CM and NUJS would either return to the control of the Left or be under a BJP dispensation.

Thus, the SJA should not be dispirited and continue the fight.

Hi , so my initial plan was to join a law firm and worked for it but due to the strange freezing this year I don’t see a law firm hiring me. Now I hope to find a chamber to up skill my drafting and advocacy skills. I want suggestions of good seniors, which are accessible for a new bee like me in litigation in Delhi, who practices across courts in Delhi. My main concern is that the senior should really give time to juniors. Thank you !

I’ve taken a huge, huge hit. I lost Rs 15 lakhs in profit yesterday because I got fooled by exit polls and also confirmation bias. I gauged the political mood from conversations with people in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. In hindsight, I made a mistake and was trapped in an echo chamber, as the people I spoke with are all rich or upper middle-class, plus living in big cities. This class ALWAYS votes for the BJP. Duh!

I thought I understood the mood of the poor masses by speaking with Uber drivers and Starbucks waiters (who all told me that they support Modi) but now I realise that Uber drivers and Starbucks waiters aren’t the masses. They are actually lower middle class and educated up to class 12 at least, which places them in the top half of the Indian population and not the bottom half.

Coming to my stocks, I bet on two small companies owned a fixer close to the BJP. My best bet is that he gets some government contracts and the stocks rise, plus there is a bull run post the monsoon and some boosters from the government. I will exit the market entirely after that, because I don’t see this government lasting for 5 years.

Till one single Hamas member or supporter is alive, Israel is fully justified in eliminating them. What Hamas did to innocent Israeli citizens is not pardonable. And this needs more fierce action and ensure every Hamas member and supporter is eliminated from this world. Israel is cleaning the world from this barbaric terrorists. They should be supported by India and all other countries.

Hello, I am partially blind (80%) I can't use a computer but I can use a mobile phone without a screen reader if I keep the phone very close to my face. Currently, I'm a student of commerce and I'm facing difficulties in academics ( always have been but especially now )

The thing is, it's difficult for me to write as I have to stick my entire face to the notebook to do so. But I'm technically not "blind" either so I'm stuck in this limbo where I'm basically blind but can't get the special amenities that a blind person has.

I struggle in practical subjects like accounting in which you must solve numerous problems to grasp concepts, which seems impossible for me since I'm unable to write.

I cleared all my subjects but only 2 subjects are backlogs, these subjects being heavily practical and no theory.

I feel like maybe it's my fault, maybe I'm just lazy and can't put in some hard work and am just looking for sympathy, but I truly feel that I'm unable to clear this subject. And if I don't, I won't be able to graduate, which puts enormous tension on me since without graduation I don't think I can land a job.

What should I do? I feel like I'm being forced to compete with normal-sighted people even though I'm 80% blind. The only "benefit" I get is 30 minutes extra time for exams and that's it.

What do I do in this situation?

you may speculate. No problem.

But do note that this is a problem that persisted before the new VC-it has nothing to do with the actions of the VC. The new VC has brought no changes regarding the marking scheme or the testing scheme. Rather, batches that have seen mass failing (40+ students in multiple subjects) are trying to find avenues to clear papers.

There are some profs who do expect rigour from their students. And I am with them when they do fail students. But there are a few who are not even competent to teach their own papers (case in point: family law paper). When those profs wantonly fail students, these failing students get a chance to raise questions at the marking schemes of all the professors (regardless good or bad).

There is no gripe with the VC regarding this. He is just the authority listening to people cry.

Students across NLUs are celebrating the results on social media, as they are liberal in their beliefs and do not like the BJP. That’s absolutely fine and congratulations to all NLU students on the results. But also remember this: Rs 40 lakh crore of investor wealth was wiped out from the markets yesterday. If the economy now tanks, law firms may not recruit in high numbers.

It’s absolutely fine that Rahul Gandhi made a sarcastic remark about Adani yesterday and it’s absolutely fine if NLU students retweet it. But also remember this: certain T1 law firms make a lot of their money from advising Adani companies and recruit NLU students for that purpose. The poorer Adani gets, the less likely it is that these law firms will get work.

Of course, there are abundant opportunities to work as juniors to Supreme Court, High Court and trial court lawyers. No worries about finding a job with them. But last I checked, they don’t exactly pay well.

When applying, I've heard that they usually send some long application form to fill. What do they expect from the form usually? It asks for connections within the firm, why they should choose you etc questions apparently. Is there some set format or does just being honest work?

RaGa as PM in 2029 or even earlier (if Modi 3.0 falls) looks likelier than ever now. While the Congress has traditionally banked on the likes of Singhvi and Sibal for legal expertise, this generation is now ageing. Soon, the next generation of lawyers in their 40s and 50s will fill the void, especially when RaGa himself is of this age group. Will this then mean a rise in prominence of many NLSIU alumni perceived to be close to the Congress? People like Aditya Sondhi, Gopal Shanks, Shashi Kiran Shetty, Suhaan Mukerji, Menaka Guruswamy etc? Or even people just generally left-liberal in orientation, which just about every second NLSIU alum is?

Note that one of RaGa’s closest advisors is former NLSIU VC Mohan Gopal.

I dread to imagine what happens now 😨

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/economy/2024/6/4/india-shares-plunge-on-concerns-of-a-narrower-win-for-indias-modi

My answer is yes, it will. In the following ways:

1. The TMC leaders and their supporters in the governing bodies become emboldened. As does the VC.

2. The CJI and Justice Dipankar Datta back off and ignore the student letter.

3. Many neutral people back off, knowing that the TMC could come into power.

The results of the largest electoral democracy are just waiting to splash on every newspaper headline with every rigorous attempt by every political stalwart to knock on some unknown doors to make pretty prophetic calculations. But what inspires me is the Election Commission of India's website detailing the antiquities of every single seat, the difference in lost versus won margins, and the omnipresent boon of regional diversity intertwined in the idea of the majority party. I'm writing this at 03:57 am, so data updated later can be conflicting, but as of now, the BJP with NDA (consists of TDP, JDU, JDS, RLD, Shiv Sena, LJP (RV) is 240 won seats + 16 won + 12 won + 2 won + 2 won + 7 won + 5 won respectively, would make a 284 mark (quite similar to the 2014 Election mark by BJP) provided that both Naidu and Nitish parties don't overthink and stay in to make BJP possible to win the race. But how superb is the fragility of winning the race, given the INDIA Alliance boasts an excruciating 233 that it has to quintessentially call these regional strongholds + if my calculations are correct, more than nine independents to help them ace as well! These are whole numbers, but if you look at percentages, they are more insightful to evaluate the Lok Sabha quest. The BJP stands at 36.56% share, and Congress is less to it by 15%, at 21%. And the entire regional segment is a whopping 43%, so technically, even without the BJP or the Congress, India can still be the largest economy thriving amongst world superpowers. The deficit of candidates for the PM post is indeed a trap, and such dichotomous arguments should be at the bay! We've gems in these regional parties intending to indicate to those elected without criminal records. To steer clear from this dichotomous argument of the PM position, I deeply endorse the idea of regional parties advancing their political share from 43% to at least above 52% to stand as India's mighty opposition in the next 2029 general election, so either these political behemoths develop from a grassroots level to make their position strategically, or support the minute tenets of different states and keep to their aspirations without compromising on quality service, possibly attentive to the cumulative inflated share of our regional jigsaw puzzle. What's your opinion, folks?

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Hi - usually bonus are based on targets or billings and recoverables during the concerned year. How does law firms give bonus when a person has been on leave for most of the year on account of matrimonial leave. Do they just give monthly retainer and no bonus. Or do they give 80 percent bonus or bonus based on last year targets