https://www.telegraphindia.com/world/climate-activist-greta-thunberg-joins-gaza-protests-in-sweden-to-raise-voice-against-israel/cid/2018784

While it's fantastic that the #1 youth icon in the world is standing for Palestine, let's look at oppressed people beyond Palestine too. Blacks in America, Dalits in India and Muslims and LGBTQIA+ people worldwide. Now, traditionally our fight for human rights has been seen through a narrow lens of rights: equal opportunity in employment, hate speech etc. What Greta Thunberg's participation highlights is that the discourse of "social justice" for oppressed peoples can be broadened and intersected with "climate justice". The possibilities for research in law are limitless. For example:

- Look at the fight for recognition of same-sex marriage in India. With climate change, there will be new diseases cropping up and heatwave-related illnesses. More and more people will get hospitalised. If you don't allow same-sex marriages, then problems like family consent, next of kin etc will arise.

- Look at the CAA in India. Bangladesh and Maldives will probably get submerged in the next 100 years and cease to exist. Their citizens will naturally migrate to other countries as environmental refugees, including India . If you enact the CAA and bar Muslims from citizenship, where will they go?

etc etc etc.

These would all make fascinating project topics in law school.

I am one of the people whose life has been nearly devastated by this University. Still, being neutral I consider HNLU as a whole to be a good institution. Faculty is at par and some are really good at their work. Academics are not burdensome and attendance policies and campus is good too. Students me have gotten good internships in law firms, courts, judicial,etc Alumni base is strong and placement wise the stats are rising. I believe if you do great and have HNLU ka NLU tag as an advantage it wont stop u from getting a good package only on the ground that u are from a tier 2 institute. Student crowd is mostly good some do indulge in contrabands in or outside campus but then as long as they take their own responsibility, are not menace to others and know the consequences including suspension, it is fine. Only caution about this place is, the admin here is not good in fact very cruel so stay as much away from them as possible. And if you get at loggerheads with them due to any reason, no one will come to help you, no one. So key is to avoid them at any cost.

The average Package for law schools doesn't work like engineering colleges. In T2 NLUs except RMLNLU, if you have a good rank, you get a good job. As simple as that.

HNLU has improved quite a lot in recent years. The posts mentioning its decline are close to 5-6 years old.

I've been allocated a seat in hnlu and I'm worried if it's actually worth it. I have tried to research some of its aspects in the net but I'm still not so sure if it's worth it . It's ranking in the NIRF is not shown and there many mixed opinions in the net for HNLU some says it's the best tier 2 nlu but some say it's status have fallen down and not worth its tier 2 status anymore and the most concerning part is it's average package placement of 6-7 LPA which does not match it's status as the best tier 2 nlu. Please respond to a cry for help and share your experiences if you are in hnlu and if it's really worth it

I doubt it is jealousy tbh - it doesn't make sense for NALSAR, MNLU and other NLUs to be doing BBA/MBA stuff when they have so much to improve on in the law domain itself. If they want to branch out, they should rename themselves, their brand pretty much only applies to the legal field. As for FMS admission, anyone with a good personality, grades and scores can cross it. LBS depends on the background of the person.

The main thing about an IPM should be that it gives high paying management jobs, not having to immediately look for an actual MBA. It's more of an endorsement of the hard work of the students that got in, not NALSAR.

Excellent post. Thank you for the research and the links. We need to stop the ▮▮▮ glamourising of Hijras as non binary. As the article you shared correctly states, a brutal criminal operation forcibly kidnaps and castrates young boys, who then get initiated into such criminal behaviour themselves. When babies are born or when weddings happen, these people forcibly extort lakhs of rupees. They need to be arrested and they’re criminal masterminds who castrate young boys need to be jailed for life.

Everyone is aware of influential political, economical and sociological philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle, Keynes, Marx, Hegel etc. However, when it comes to law, who would you put on your Mt Rushmore of legal philosophers? They could be ancient, mediaeval or modern. They could be foreign or Indian. They could be from any legal field.

Mine would be Aristotle, Groitus, Austin and Dworkin.

OP says they want to understand but instead of looking up the question and reading it, writes this post that undermines non-binary people suggesting they have mental health problems! You can't start a respectful conversation after calling your interlocutor potentially crazy.
If you are truly interested in understanding, please read Judith Butler. You can start here https://www.jstor.org/stable/3207893?origin=JSTOR-pdf&seq=3

Bear in mind that women and gay people were all called crazy and attention-seeking when they questioned being treated as sub human or abnormal. Your second explanation is the one that fits. It may be tiring to understand and adapt but it is even more tiring to live among people don't recognise your personhood.

I mean censorship around this issue is wild. It’s the new holy cow. I will try again.

Keep in mind I’m not sure exactly what I wrote on my phone at a v late hour. But I think it was - there’s really no proof at all that it’s a real thing or that social transition actually helps people with dysphoria. In many cases it might solidify a victimised identity instead of having - distress about one’s body be a passing thing. I really worry with some of my female friends that me calling them by they/it and other neo pronouns is further harming them. They just don’t seem to be getting happier even when everyone goes along.

I also think this is one of those things where nothing you do will be enough. It’s not enough if you say the pronouns - they really want to be seen as not belonging to their sex. I don’t think it’s possible for human beings to ignore material reality.

I think it’s fairly misogynistic to think that these people alone have discomfort with sexed bodies or sexed stereotypes. And it’s misogynistic to fight those stereotypes by carving an exception for these individuals as opposed to resisting the stereotypes for all women. When you say you shouldn’t be treated a certain way because “ I’m not a girl “- what you’re saying is that it’s okay to treat girls that way.

I think you should stop apologising for yourself or guilting yourself to go along. It took me a long long time. I read every non binary book I could find watched every tv show with non binary representation and I still could not tell you that it makes sense.

You should take your doubt and scepticism seriously - don’t be afraid to have a heretical thought.

I once worked at a boutique law firm. The head HR of which, was the wife of the managing partner.

I joined as a fresher, A0. She would issue paychecks personally, make several highly qualified lawyers play useless team-building games, and would critique on how our conduct, writing style and mannerisms should be - when she was not a lawyer herself.

No one questioned her means and ways. Most of the seniors would try and impress her, laugh on her not-so-funny jokes and be in her good books.

So lucky to have found my way out of there!

As a final year student, I have an option to pursue either of these choice of study from abroad for my masters. I really have an interest in both these areas of study and I believe they are equally important in the upcoming decade. How do I decide which one to pursue? Which one is more relevant?

If you opt for Judicial services, you mostly would end-up giving your sharp/hot/extreme takes as anonymous on LI. If you go for law firm job, possibly you will not have time to articulate your views/opinion. there are various factors such as independence and freedom to shift firm/company/area verses security, living in a city verses a smaller towns, comparatively better salary in JS if you are from not so recognized University and without good contacts, corporate culture and overall ecosystem verses peace, and your ability to remember things for exam and time to dedicate for preparation verses ability to secure a corp job.

I don't know about any of these firms, but I would suggest in general that you should aim for experience and consider stipend as a secondary factor, unless a firm does not pay anything. I myself do not come from a privilege background and understand that stipend is essential for many individuals from tier2-3 cities, but that has to be seen from the long-term perspective of getting a job at a good place after graduation.

Wow, LI readers really do hate the BJP don’t they! 😅 Linking a BJP victory to a stock indices rise (and a BJP defeat to a fall) gets mass downvoted, even though all economic experts speak of this link. I really don’t understand you guys. It’s a well known fact that the Left is more interested in social justice and economic redistribution than macroeconomic growth. Even Amartya Sen has criticised Jagdish Bhagwati for looking at GDP figures and said that sacrificing lower GDP growth for redistribution and welfare is preferable. So what’s wrong in saying that a victory by the INDIA alliance will lead to a stock market fall, because redistribution and welfare will receive more priority than GDP growth???

Classic case of woke LI readers wanting to have their cake and eat it too, without doing basic reading of the Sen-Bhagwati debate.

The Sensex has risen today and one of the companies where I have invested has done well. It even survived the crash earlier this week. This is a company in the infra sector (not Adani) which will benefit from a Modi third term, as Modi will likely continue his infra push. So, to me, this company's stock rising is a sign that Modi is returning with a comfortable majority --- maybe not 400 seats but 320 to 350.

I personally think people are getting unnecessarily worried about the turnout. How do we know the people who didn't turn up to vote are not Congress voters? Why should we assume that Muslims had higher turnout? Maybe there has been a dip in Muslim voter turnout this time, as they don't see the Congress as a suitable challenger? Let's wait till at least 1 June when the exit poll data is out, instead of being swayed by armchair Twitter analysts.

Don't speculate with people who don't take time to understand the market. The problem with post-2020 investors is that you all have never seen a correction. Don't panic. Yes, you should have booked profits if you're a trader. You should have also had stop-losses if you are a trader. If you are an investor and you trust the fundamemtals of your stocks, then just stick to your timeline. Perhaps tweak your SIPs at best. Nothig else.

In IPL there are no players. There are only owners and employees. Every IPL team is a family business. KL Rahul is the employee who needs to listen to the owner - just like any other family business. It is for the players to decide whether they want respect (of playing for India) or money (by being an employee), but not both. The owner shouting at employees is commonplace in corporate settings, so it is here as well.

Does it vary from law firm to law firm? Or city to city? Do the views of partners and junior employees vary?

For example, would the view of Cyril Shroff in Mumbai be different to the views of Jyoti Sagar in Delhi? Or Nishith Desai in Mumbai versus Pravin Anand in Delhi? And would their employer hold the same view as them?

Also, do election results impact law firms at all? Do certain law firms get rewarded with govt work? Or is it business as usual irrespective of who wins?