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Here are the pros and cons of having an NRI quota in NLUs, as I see it:
Cons:
1. People with low CLAT scores get in, dilutes standards.
2. Larger batch size adds to placement pressure.
3. Places rich students at at advantage
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3. Students who are not rich can always make it through the merit list or EWS/domicile/caste quotas. Also, some of the fees raised through NRI quota can be used as scholarship money for students from poor backgrounds.
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If this was not related to university or environment then the person living his last of moments wouldn't waste in sending a random ass quote and mail to college.
Law as a profession is filthy gutter, this guys speaking anything by taking validation of I'm close friend of individual, you were anything but close friend of him.
I wish you had better analysis skills
I had send a mail to partner. How long would he take to respond.
Good:
1. Apartment in London or Dubai (literally every second person has this, whether declared or undeclared)
2. Two overseas holidays every year: first or business class airfare with 7-star hotel
3. Elite club memberships, hosting exclusive seven-course dinners at Taj Chambers, with monogrammed napkins, personalised menus, Cuban or at least Honduran cigars (I’m not basing this just on the infamous party that was thrown for an MP from West Bengal at Chambers by a noted senior counsel: I have been to such parties with my senior and this actually happens).
4. BMWs, Maybachs, Pateks, suits tailored from London
5. Friends in high places. If you join politics, a Rajya Sabha or at least a Vidhan Parishad seat
6. Money can buy honey 😉
Cons:
1. Health problems arising from stress and lack of exercise: obesity, hypertension, heart disease.., possibly an early grave
2. Those two overseas holidays a year are the only quality m time you spend with family: so just 15-20 days in a year. So your family may grow apart, or they will love you only for the expensive gifts you shower upon them.
3. For many people, you simply lose your conscience and morals, defending the most corrupt and honest people in the world.
The issues and grievances are the following: The boys and girls want to roam outside their hostels past midnight. They consume and store liquor, drugs, narcotic substances in their rooms. The good students are tormented by these hoolingans but the innocent students are forced to join in the protests. These non-serious students party in restaurants till wee hours and still want entry without any objections by the security or wardens. Many of them do not attend classes but try to pass the exams.
This is the story of 2nd or 3rd tier NLUs wherein a number of faculty (not all the teachers) maintain total silence and enjoy the hungama on campus.
The Patiala VC has committed mistake by entering the girls hostel as he never knew that issues of female privacy can snowball into a controversy and it has really snowballed.
Poor fellow (VC) doesn't know the students politics of NLUs and was caught unaware. Only insiders know the story of tantrums within the 2nd & 3rd tier NLU students.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/long-reads/lavasa-landslide-tourists-insolvency-pune-rain-9573465/lite/
It seems some of you are quite entitled, so let me clear a few things up for you:
1. The millipede issue is a regional problem affecting Gujarat, not just GNLU. This phenomenon occurs occasionally, and there’s not much the university can do about it. In previous years, it hasn’t been as bad, but unfortunately, your batch seems to be the unlucky ones. Entire villages in the area have had to evacuate due to these millipedes.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/millipedes-invade-village-in-gujarat/articleshow/73593.cms
Understand that the university has limited control over such natural occurrences
2. I’m not sure which floor you're staying on, but the housekeeping staff cleans every floor four times a day. Plus, you can request additional room cleaning whenever you want. Water coolers and RO systems are available on every floor—I’ve been drinking the same water for four years and have never fallen ill. Fogging is done twice a week to control mosquitoes. Dengue is a nationwide issue right now; beyond a point, it's your responsibility to take precautions. Maybe stay in your rooms and focus on studying instead of wandering around campus all the time.
3. Your Freshers' event was canceled because of your batch's behavior. Many first-years have been caught smoking weed or drinking alcohol, even after repeated warnings from the wardens and professors. Also, considering the semester is almost over, hosting Freshers' now is logistically impossible. But don't worry—Garba will be in full swing soon. Focus on your CETs for once.
4. College isn’t just about making friends and having fun. It’s about education and hard work—something your batch seems to have forgotten. You're spending more time on Instagram than focusing on your studies. GNLU is one of the most relaxed NLUs. There’s minimal academic pressure, and the administration gives you a lot of freedom. There are barely any hostel curfews, and numerous events and conferences are held regularly, yet you don’t seem interested in attending anything educational.If you’re finding it hard to survive at GNLU, maybe you should consider transferring to a local university because NLUs might not be the right fit for you. Schools like NLUJ, NLS, NALSAR, and NUJS have far tougher curriculums and fewer resources than we do. GNLU is one of the richest NLUs—you have vending machines installed everywhere, a metro just outside the campus, GIFT City nearby, a three floor library. You get access to pretty much everything. No other college offers such a combination of resources and a laid-back administration.
It’s high time you guys concern yourselves about what is more important. With the kind of attitude and work ethic you guys have shown so far, I’d be surprised if most of you manage to clear your first semesters tbh.
- Suicides in NLUD
- VC intruding into girls' hostel in RGNUL
- Gujarat HC issue with GNLU
- Sexual misconduct in NLS
- Politics, and dress code issues in WBNUJS
- Ragging and bullying are common
- Irregular faculty salaries in MNLU-N
- Admin apathy, no funding, corruption, entitled students, creaking infrastructure in all NLUs
The list goes on. In fact on this platform, the dire situation is underplayed and many posts are not published or marked trollish.
GNLU (like all NLUs) is a state university. This is the best you can get. Thank your stars because Gujarat as a state is doing OK economically. Imagine the plight of students studying in poor states like UP (Pragraj and Lucknow), Bihar (Patna), Chattisgarh (Raipur), Odisha (Cuttack), Rajasthan (Jodhpur), Jharkhand (Ranchi), Assam (Guwahati) and MP (Jabalpur).
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PREFACE: I dont want to come off as an undeserving entitled person while I ask which one should i 'choose' of these prestigious firm while not having the best CV. I am grateful for these connections and i am just trying to optimise this time to ensure i get a job.
I want your opinions in selecting a firm based on following considerations:
1 firm that is actually likely to hire based on vacancies (most imp)
2 seniors are more open to mentor than rest of the options
3 better work enviorment ( not hostile) compared to rest
Absolutely no one for any reason should kill themselves for any thing that happens at university. No college drama is worth that at all. In my university batch there were people who didn’t graduate, women who went through sexual assault, people who took so many mind altering substances they were barely holding on, people who faced bullying, ostracisation, degradation and humiliation, people who came from messed up families- all of it. One of our batchmates died in an accident and that messed up his friends a fair bit. But not one of us committed suicide. And guess what? - years later, college is over, and all of that stuff just seems so petty. So unbelievably insignificant. These people are now doing well in their careers and most have a spouse and kids. It would have been silly and terribly short sighted to commit suicide then and not stick around for everything good that life has to offer.
We can find all sorts of things to blame it on. Drug culture , academic rigor , lack of academic rigor, love failure , career uncertainty, lost a job, failed too many subjects , assault or violence, whatever. Many of those things will not change. It’s really hard to change culture. It’s really hard to create a world where no one considers suicide. It’s far easier to identify people at risk and for those people to do some CBT so they can avoid harming themselves.
To answer your specific question, of course university makes the mental health of people whose situation is already difficult worse! What did you expect? Peer pressure and a cutthroat environment where people care exclusively about themselves, young people (many of whom are appallingly unprepared for university life) suddenly being treated as full-grown adults, a shocking lack of qualified mental health professionals, admins who don't give a shit about students but only about keeping their jobs, currying favour with the right people (read: oiling politicians' backsides) and lining their pockets, a society as judgemental (if not more) than England (once again, see Oliver joking about the levels of scrutiny that the lives of even minor functionaries within the royal family are subjected to)? The mixture is lethal!