The population of Delhi is 33 million, which is almost 1.5 times the whole population of Australia, whose land mass is bigger than India!

But if you look closer, the vast majority of people are poor or middle-class, living in cramped spaces (which explains the population density). There is a group of around 10,000 people in Delhi who can properly be considered elite: luxury cars, big houses in nice areas etc.

My question is this: do most people in this group know each other, or are separated by just a few degrees? Common elite schools, common elite colleges, common elite clubs etc? Is Lutyens Delhi like a small town that way, where everyone knows one another?

If presence was strong, they would have paid.

Presence can be constructed by marketing tactics, whether it’s strong or not is debatable but can be inferred from their actions. If presence was strong in reality, they would have paid. The answer is hidden in the fact that the presence only seems to be strong, but they are not paying, so is it really strong?

If they are working; pay them. If you don't think they are worth the stipend why even accept those interns in the first place then? Do you want us to take a seminar in your firm on how to take interviews? I'll help you for free bro

Maybe if you improved your selection criteria and skills youd actually have smart people and maybe some day you'll be profitable enough to afford paying 5-10k a month.

while i agree that stipends especially for outstation interns is something that they should consider giving. i'd give crediit where it's due, they were able to reimburse every cab/travel that i did for office work when i was interning w them last month, some of the associates are also kind enough to get you lunch, buy you dinner etc. lovely folks to work w imo

BJP arrests Alt News.

Mamata arrests vloggers.

Congress arrests journalists in Telangana.

Uddhav Sena arrests Arnab Goswami and demolishes Kangana Ranaut’s office.

Now Shiv Sena does this.

What future does FOE have in India? Maybe AAP is the only party that does not do this?

Could you help me out ? I am doing a PhD in data privacy, along with teaching. The reason why I did my PhD in data privacy is in case i don't get a permanent teaching position, since academia is packed and nepotistic, I may switch to data privacy jobs. Is it possible ? Or am I taking the wrong approach? Should I do some extra courses during my PhD ?

While a lot of you are against the idea of academia as a career, please also provide the best alternative options. It would really help if you guys could give your views.

Please note: 1. I love research; it does not bore me, but doing monotonous work does.

2. My interests lie in Public policy, ESG, and Space Law. I find fields like M&A, Cap markets, etc. too dry (Personal opinion, please don't come at me. I'm only here to figure stuff out)

3. No family background in law.

4. I'm turning A1 this August, so I would like to pick passion over money.

5. Would prefer hybrid roles.

THANK YOU,EVERYONE, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ/ GIVE YOUR VIEWS.

Bahahahah. What kind of fantasy are you trying to sell to these kids. Just STOP ! Academia, especially in its current state doesn't work like this. Your experience and your qualifications have zero influence. I know people who did their LLMs and even PhDs from abroad, and apart from a few universities like Jindal, no one is taking them. Even today PhDs from DU, BHU are preferred..why ? Because it's all about the connections. So don't spend lakhs to get a degree just to try getting into indian academia. It's better to use your degree to get a job, that is more relevant than the broken down system of academia.

Look at the number of applicants, vacancies and how many end up being selected. Majority of those selected are alumni, or have some sort of connections with the existing faculties, or have some political backing. You have a better chance of spending 5 years in court and succeeding than spending 10 years in academia and still not getting a decent chance. People don't talk about this much, but right from your masters, to phd, to post doctoral, to assistant professorship depends more on connections than on your merit. That's why we are getting shitty teachers, cause they are getting selected based on favours not on their quality of teaching and research.

as someone employed in the public sector, earning 18 lakhs p.a. as my starting salary + getting 42 days paid leave every year, i find it funny how everyone here is so excited for a week off (which also will vary on implementation) - we need to have better demands from offices in india! this is too little, but of course a step in the right step direction.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Look at the desperation and embarrassment all NLU students feel when they are reminded that all of them are state universities, with no special status. They are dying for some imaginary special status, trying hard to prove they are different from other state universities.

In my limited experience and on ground knowledge, caste is very much a factor for votes at least in Telangana and Andhra - Reddy, Kamma, Kappu, Velmas, Gouds ! Casteism galore. The Bar Council elections are a good place for you to get a feeler into the systemic indoctrination of the caste system in Telangana and Andhra. However, I do agree with your view that Southern states were earlier focussed on population control and it’s unfair that they are now having to retract from their previous stance. Distress calls of all the southern CMs Revanth Reddy, CBN, Stalin to have more children in the wake of delimitation have been growing louder.

In the US, they also have this thing called a "Senate", where both California and Vermont have the same number of seats. The Senate (equal to the Rajya Sabha, broadly) is more important than the House of Representatives (broadly = Lok Sabha) in a lot of ways.

In India, the Lok Sabha is everything, the RS has little power. Your 1st Year Law Student analogy doesn't hold.

Bring in proper checks and balances, make Tamil Nadu (or Tripura) have the same political power as UP, and then, OK, lets talk population and PR.

That's not actually true for the US. Every state has the same number of senators. Electoral college retains proportions of electors of presidential candidates wildly out of proportion to population. Only congressional districts are subject to delimitation based on a decennial census. And even then there isnt that much variation in population growth across states as there is in India.

And the congress in US plays a very different role than does the parliament in India. its much more restrained in what it is for because they have a presidential form of government.

Did I say there were no votebanks? Why do you like to fight strawmen? Here is what I said about south indian states: "These states are not successful because of some flip of the coin or because of the beneficence of the central government. They are successful because they have routinely voted based not on religious or caste based issues, although those factors may be present in a minor way, but on governance. Culturally as well, religious divisions run less deep in the southern states. You only notice the difference once youve lived in the north and the south, theyre like different countries in this respect. Political parties in the south know that they should have a list of accomplishments come election time or be prepared to lose sorely, that stoking religious or caste hatred would not tide them over in the face of failures in governance."

Please name for me the south indian government in history that has had nothing to show in terms of development or progress and yet retained power consecutively. AIMIM has 7 seats in the telangana legislative assembly. out of 119. Tell me why you think that means that governments in the south are voted in based on appeals to religion? That tally to me indicates that religious appeals of all kinds will not help you get far. Keralite politics has traditionally divided along class lines and ideological lines far more than it has on caste. Of course there are lingayats and vokkaligas- but even despite traditional divisions lingayats in the last legislative assembly crossed party lines and voted congress instead of Yediyurappas BJP. Why? Because Bommai had nothing to show for his term as CM. Vokkaligas are usually loyal to JDS, but JDS lost handily in the last election and DKS won them over why? Because JDS has corruption problems and because of Prajwal Revannas debauchery.

How much did all the rath yatra politics of the 80's help the BJP make a dent in south indian politics? Not a bit. When L.K Advani was doing his rath yatra, Karnataka was passing from the socialist tenure of ramakrishna hegde to the socialist tenure of Bangarappa. Kerala was going back and forth between two freedom fighters, one a congressman loyal to Rajiv and Indira Gandhi who prosecuted naxals during the emergency and another a communist who worked for labour rights. Tamil Nadu went back and forth between Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha, a choice between centre left and further left. And Andhra Pradesh was firmly in congress control until NT Rama rao came in. At the same time that people in north india are tearing each other up over some temple/mosque somewhere- what were south indians doing? Certainly not that. Tell me where I'm wrong.

What did the BJP have to do win in the south? Promise better governance and tone down the religious nonsense. You will never hear a chandrababu naidu or a yediyurappa spew the kind of religious appeal that gets Yogi Adityanath or even the prime minister elected. They dont do it because they know they wont win with that. South Indians do not have some trauma of partition, they simply do not view religion the same way. In fact when the Bommai government tried to do Hijab politics to save their government they were voted out- because they failed to provide governance.

I have nowhere claimed there arent votebanks. What I have claimed is that these loyalties are less set in stone. If your usual party does not work for you in an election, the people of karnataka will absolutely change up and vote the other guys in next election. And they certainly wont bother voting and turning out if they feel they havent gotten something in return from their elected government. And politicians know that. So while they might do a lot of corruption, and a lot of other stuff, they usually pick an issue or two and do a good job at that issue. Some times it's education, other times it's turning the state budget around, other times it's jobs, protecting labour class, electricity, food security, gas prices, or something else. That is what our elections are mainly about. Governance. Its not perfectly meritorious, and there is corruption. But without a record of governance and a list of achievements- an incumbent chief minister has a steep uphill climb in the south and no religous appeal is likely to save him.

For outsiders reading this and wondering what the context is, let me try a simple recap.

One of our friends, a lovely bright and introverted third year, took an extreme step last week, plunging us into sadness. His demise followed months of therapy and personal issues, none of which should be relevant to the issue at hand. While people on site (students, friends, warden) did what they could, he could not be saved. This presented the need to discuss crucial lifesaving measures we can take to learn from this incident and save lives in the future.

Unfortunately, some seniors took this as a chance to weaponise a tragedy and put on a circque de soleil of drama and over the top theatric to posit students and admin against each other while conveniently forgetting to talk about the role they have had to play in inculcating a toxic and isolating environment in the hostels and outside.

Losers? Bro most people in such firms are stuck in the rut not because the love working long hours at the cost of health and being treated like a "resource".

They either do not have an option (due to personal, family etc. constraints), or are absolutely unaware of what to do apart from this, because of limited access. I have rarely seen someone doing it cos they love it, including Partners. They are stuck because it's too late for their age or EMIs.

Unfortunately such law firms thrive on this phase every human more or less goes through.

OP here. There is a PQE4 at my firm but she also happens to be 30+ due to which I can’t relate with her.

Sadly, no, I went to a T3 law school which was a 3 year law school, 90% of my batch was people who’re 30+ as well and most of them are litigation lawyers who work on Saturdays and are unavailable.

Sit tight, this might be a long one.

So, last September, while I was sitting in my cubicle at a boutique law firm, endlessly sending out personalized internship applications for March 2025, I kept getting rejected within a week—either with a polite “we can’t accommodate you” or, worse, no response at all. That’s when an idea hit me.

What if I changed my college name to an NLU? Not NLSIU or NUJS, but something within the top 10.

Mind you, my CV was solid—internships with senior advocates, a top-tier IP firm, and a Tier 1/2 corporate law firm. The only thing I changed was my college name, along with a fake name, phone number, and email. Everything else remained the same. Then, I started spamming the exact same firms I had previously applied to, but this time as a "student" from one of the top-10 NLU.

Oh boy, the results were not surprising at all*.*
Not only did HRs actually respond, but I also landed interviews with firms that usually have a interview and assessment process for interns. Some of these were the same firms that had earlier rejected my application, claiming they didn’t have slots for my preferred month. Suddenly, they did. And not just boutique firms—this included some of the big law firms run by LaLas.

All it took was changing my college name, and suddenly, I was getting internships left, right, and center.

The game is rigged, and honestly, I don’t even blame the players meri hi galti thi ki CLAT main achi rank nhi aayi NLU ke liye.

HRs at law firms, please—learn to vet candidates properly. Do background verification before handing out internship slots or interview calls like candies to students from NLUs. You’re working at a law firm, for god’s sake.

I am an US LLM graduate with around 9 months of work experience at a boutique law firm that specialises in Civil and Commercial disputes. I am looking to switch and would be grateful if anyone can help me with understanding about current openings in law firms in the disputes team. Should I wait for the bonus period to get over before I start cold emailing? Thank you

there is no hiring pattern as such. Folks thought by March, 2025 - there would be a freeze but there are teams which have given callbacks and what not. They do very little campus and are more heavy on the PPO route. As long as its before November, 2025 - I dont see much of a problem.

What’s the difference in three practice areas for someone who’s looking to join?

I’ve heard so far that Capital Marks has long hours and clerical work. How do M&A and BF lawyers compare in terms of work hours or work quality then?

Plus where’s the pay better?