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No practicing lawyer except the 10-15 top SC lawyers making 5 cr+ a day, would even think of purchasing Camellias. Heck, most DLF projects or in the GC area.
The people who would majorly invest would be
1. Senior bureaucrats investing foreign hidden black money. Trust me its easy, and they have multiples of this amount.
2. Richest industrialists for tax deductions and black money.
3. High end international funds/ reach people, again for similar purposes.
Trust me 50% of these houses will be empty after being bought. No working family person wants to invest 100 cr+ for a apartment.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1h62ch0/whats_the_deal_with_the_olfactory_ethics_girl_dr/
Here are some interesting comments in her defence:
A woman wrote a thesis on how smell effects culture and Twitter decided that she had “gone woke” and was too pretentious to say “people don’t like things that smell bad”.
Much of the anti-woke crowd probably makes jokes and complains about certain ethnic groups being smelly and not using deodorant.
she's being attacked by people on the right as an example of how useless and esoteric higher ed can be, and also for not having kids and other sexist attacks.
The topic of her PhD was widely mocked for being perceived as too "woke" by many users on Twitter / X, particularly anti-intellectuals, who believed that the study was useless and a waste of time and resources.
When I say 'sit your curry ass down' to win an argument, you need to study why 'curry smell' is a derogatory word and how it has been used to entrench power. Let me even tell you its relevance in law: criminal sentencing, prejudice and the like. Judges, and to a larger extent police, many times, rely on appearance (and smell) for subconscious culpability (and this is well-researched). Bringing to light underlying biases helps improve society, and in fact, your life. Smell, as she also points out, was also an important factor in the civilizing mission of colonization, used to justify, e.g., why Indians are savages and need the British to civilize these backward people. The politics of smell is extremely important precisely because it seems banal and yes is a critical tool for projecting power hierarchies. The entirety of the Western World used it, including to undermine Mahatma Gandhi and other important Indian political figures during calls for decolonization. That power dynamic carries on today, as she demonstrates.
And yes, that is why, I agree with the OP that Indian academia is generally screwed. In any case, Indian academia does not care right? Which is why Cambridge took this PhD, not IIM-A, which is great, but may I also know which great scientific invention has been coming out of India with this pissing match between STEM and other disciplines?
Check out Dhaval Vussonji, AZB, and maybe Trilegal as well if needed?
No need to write stories about it and celebrate.
Half of NLUs are pathetic.
90% of private law colleges are useless or fraud.
80% Govt law colleges or University departments have little or no faculty.
So focus on work and learn on the job.
Associates don't get PF oe gratuity.
I am in my 4th year and from a non-NLU. I interned with the Mergers team of a T2 in July and August this year. I have an internship lined up in at a T1 in Delhi for February and wanted to know how to proceed further to aim for a PPO.
Can someone please explain till when the firms will give PPOs to my batch and if I manage to secure a call back or another T1 internship in July/August '25, will it still be possible to get an offer or is it too late at this point? Also, which firms that are actively hiring should one apply for?
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!!
2. If you don't know their juniors, ask your seniors. Most probably someone would have intervened there in the past and may be able to connect you.
3. Your seniors will also be there in the profession. They may not be big names or well known. Ask in your college who are the good ones and apply to them.
On the professional front, do you have a PhD? If not, then apply to an LGBT friendly country for PhD and then try to settle down there. If you already have a PhD then look for postdoc or fellowships. There are many available at your age. Look out for things which are open to "early career researchers"
Any suggestions, in regard to good colleges and universities are welcome. Cheap and best ones.
Thanks
Round 1 is by RP/PA and might be technical so be well prepared
Round 2 is just a formality by the EPs, more like a personality check or team fit
This is for laterals. I have no idea about freshers.
It's overall a great option, and shouldn't be a problem. Having said that, please do your own research, reach out to people who are studying or have graduated from SLSP and shoot away any and all doubts that you might have. I beleive that I made a terrible mistake while choosing a law school, so whatever your decision may be just be at peace with it because it's going to stay with you not just for the next five years but arguably your whole life.
Cheers, Have a great weekend!
PS: I'm not from SLSP but have a lot of friends in that uni.
How is the culture/ salary/ toxicity?
Why do the posts wrt vritti keep getting taken down? Red flag?
https://www.instagram.com/indianstartupnews/p/DDM0vrivJ6T/
As someone few years senior, here are my tips for you:
1. Please do not rescue your juniors and do their work. If you do that, it is a disservice to both you and them. You will end up doing their work while not getting paid for it, and they will not learn and grow because they will realize they won't have to do much as you will eventually do their job.
2. Treat associates as adults. Give them work without babying them or judgements or admonishment. Explain their job and when its due. If the work product is not proper or not in time, please formally inform them and also formally report them to higher ups. Stop behaving like a parent, associates are not your kids.
3. If they refuse to take work, report to your partner and ask for a change of resource or ask your partner to speak to them. But before you do, please record the refusal over email.
4. When you have poor performers, please formally point them out to partners. Record what are they suffering with or what their short comings are. Lot of times SAs/PAs expect that partners know but do not interfere with poor performers. The truth is that partners hardly know about these well enough. Formally provide negative feedback (also positive feedback, but that is not under discussion here) so the system can take care of the issues.
5. Last but not the least, please take time to explain associates what their job entails and what to expect. Their expectations may be tied to normal 5-9 jobs which they have seen their parents or relatives do.
Do the above, and you will see a hell lot of difference.
There will always be kids who will not perform despite all. Frustrate them, so they eventually quit. While it may sound harsh, its the best outcome for everyone. If you keep poor performers, you will struggle, your team will struggle, good performers in your team will be demoralized as they will feel they can get away with doing less work - which is unfortunately never the case, and for the poor performing candidate will be able to get away from this law firm hell hole and get into something else where they can excel and enjoy.
However, whatever you do, don't be a jackass. While you must treat juniors like an adult, be an adult yourself. Do not behave with people like a dictator / sadist. Don't ask people to do something over a weekend which you will not see before next Wednesday. Do not ask juniors to stay back till 11 PM so you can make him sit next to you while you review their work product document. The examples are not exhaustive.
In my experience, if you behave with people like an adult, most respond well.
The above is the guide for people who are struggling with juniors. Experienced leaders inspire their team enough and may not need the above.
https://www.news18.com/india/rajya-sabha-parliament-winter-session-jagdeep-dhankhar-congress-abhishek-manu-singhvi-telangana-notes-probe-latest-news-9146993.html