On the Nobel peace thingy

There's been so much on it in the news. Undeserved and what not. Peaceful intentions etc etc etc. Not even fun to read. Nothing more than scratching the surface.

Is why this is such good stuff.

http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=551

I saw

this on TV.

And a holier than thou prosecution lawyer taking potshots at the defence lawyer. It seems like legitimate moral outrage.

Yeah, if you'd objected to the line of questioning, and the judge let things go and refused to cut the defence counsel down, you'd have a point. Our judges reflect our prejudices and our world views. It needs to change, yes, yes.

Oh, and then I read this.

Meena Jagtab, Ms Eldridge’s lawyer, said that the judge stood by while Mr Tiku’s lawyer humiliated her client at a court hearing on September 14, at which Ms Jagtab was not present.


Why is nobody asking her why she wasn't present when her client, an individual likely to be completely at sea in court, was being cross examined?


Somebody ask that question please? 


Oh and, the comment at the end of that Times article is strange. I wasn't aware that we claimed Britishness of any nature when convenient. Sheesh. No wonder people laugh at you when you're in this country. Racist shmucks.


Update: Bleh. It appears I was wrong about the advocate. Not my fault. Its poor drafting. Apparently the lawyer who was sounding pious was engaged later, and it was the lawyer first appointed who wasn't in court.

Now

I can't stand the LST lot.

Far from providing a service, I think what they do is counterproductive to the legal fraternity. Enabling people looking for belowmentioned jobs to get in, lessening the value of real interest in the profession. Lessening the number of students likely to actually make government investment in legal education actually worthwhile.

People should really stop setting up more and more national law schools. The government law colleges could use the attention, and they're more likely to achieve long term aims.

Bleh.

I digress. Anyway, I think the LST bunch are a set of leeches. Smart businesspersons, but leeches. Exploiting the inadequacies of the system. No more.

But.

But but but

I have been reading this of late. To stay optimistic. It helps.

http://www.lawentrance.com/embarkingonacareerinlitigation.htm

DAMMIT

EVERY OTHER DAY THERE'S SOME GODDAMN ARTICLE IN THE PAPER ABOUT HOW THE FUTURE'S BRIGHT FOR INDIAN LAW STUDENTS.

AND HOW THEY DRAW SUCH HUGE SALARIES, AND ITS THEIR DREAM COME TRUE, AND ITS A BETTER INVESTMENT THAN AN MBA AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE.

HOW IN THE HELL DO I LIVE THROUGH THIS?

ITS BAD ENOUGH I PLOD ALONG HOPING SOMEDAY TO MAKE IT.

FOR EVERYBODY AROUND ME TO TELL ME I MADE BAD CHOICES IS TOO FUCKING MUCH.

THEY'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR BLOODY THREE YEARS NOW.

GOD.

WE'LL SEE.

"I'M LIVING IN A CONSTANT "WHY COULDN'T YOU BE LIKE THEM?" EXISTENCE"

WELL I CAN'T.

THIS IS WHAT I AM. I CAN'T HELP IT.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/4975565.cms

ITS ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS. WRITE SOMETHING IN THE BLOODY PAPER ABOUT THOSE KIDS WHO DARED TO DREAM. WHO DARED TO THINK THAT THEY COULD MAKE IT AT A PLACE THAT REALLY NEEDED THEM MORE THAN ANY OTHER. WHO'RE MORE THAN LIKELY TO FALL BY THE WAYSIDE. OR QUIT. 

WHEN PEOPLE SAY THIS COUNTRY NEEDS ITS FRIGGIN YOUTH. THEY DON'T NEED EM WORKING FOR THOSE PLACES. THEY NEED EM HERE. WHERE I'M AT.

SOME PEOPLE DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN'T LEARN ALL THOSE THINGS IN LAW SCHOOL, TO DO THAT. THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD PUT TO USE ALL THEY'D LEARNED, OR ATLEAST TRY. THAT NOTHING MADE THEM HAPPIER THAN TO APPLY ALL THAT THEY'D LEARNT.

THEY JUST MIGHT NOT AT THE TIME, HAVE NOTED ALL THE HIDDEN SACRIFICES. ALL THAT MUST BE GIVEN UP. THEY MAY HAVE CHOSEN DIFFERENTLY. BUT THEN AGAIN, WHO KNEW I'D MEET YOU?

THERE IS NOTHING NEWSWORTHY OR FABULOUS ABOUT GETTING YOUR "DREAM JOB" OUT OF LAW SCHOOL, BEING PAID 30 LAKHS TO PUSH PAPER. STOP PEDDLING THESE DREAMS TO MY PARENTS. ITS BLOODY EVIL.

MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU'LL MAKE ME REGRET NOT TAKING THAT ICICI BANK JOB. IT HASN'T COME TO THAT YET. DEAR GOD. MONEY IS EVERYTHING IN THIS LIFE.

Bleh.

There be no time to blog.

There be no time for anything.

It annoys.

There be no time to write about ...uhhhhh appropriating documents from government records without their permission.

There be no time to write about greasing palms for abovementioned privileges.

Sigh. There be no time to do anything. I need to sort out my days. This style of functioning sucks.

Even if it does get results.

I'm "dependable". Yessir.

Good dog.

Bah

When you see all your hard work go into this never ending black hole called "experience" and "knowledge" maybe you'll think like me.

Its absolutely heartbreaking.

Its end of the month pittance payment time.

Take a deep breath at the end of the month, and tell yourself that you need to keep at it for months on end, and then judge things. At the end of a year take a deep breath, and tell yourself that you need to keep at it for years, and then judge things.

Sigh.

If I last that long.

I also haven't the time. Is my life really only going to start when I'm too old to do anything about it?If at all it starts. Am I to lose so much? And for what?

But what's to be done? Que sera sera.

Such a shiver down the spine it sends.

Teehee

Nair's got that opium injection feeling again.

Took a while. I was worried I'd lost it forever.

A peaceful, still courtroom in the High Court. Cases taken up slowly and easily.

And all that hard work paying off. Answering the judge's questions confidently and appropriately. One tends to underestimate the amount of hard work that goes into these 30 second presentations, especially when looked at from the outside.

It really is the best sort. Crisp, brief and you bow out of the courtroom clutching what you've got and thanking the lord it wasn't one of the judge's off days.

Its sooooo much better to be lucky than good. I swear.

Doesn't matter. Nair's made both his bosses happy. They were both a little panicked before the start of the day.

And now Nair is strutting the halls of the High Court. Indulging in the one thing money can't buy.

Swagger. Heheheheehheeheheh. 'tis time to iron that coat and look the part again.

And in other news Nair now knows the best place to buy Sathukudi juice outside the High Court. Little treats one must have, no?

I think

That stupid gym needs to start up again.

It keeps me happy.

Is big difference from last year. Here I am twiddling my thumbs waiting for their refurbishment to finish.

And becoming fat. Oh, so fat.

Any excuse

to feel nice.

These judgements are my little works of art. Is how I see 'em. I happen to know the effort that went into them. Even if, at the end of the day, a lot of this is down to luck.

It keeps me happy. Makes me feel like I'm putting a foot forward on that long road with the dream at the end.

It helps.

Its hard. The whole world is moving forward. I see people getting married, and I instantly think to myself..."I suppose you have the job security to think of such things". These fancy jobs, and the money...oh the money.

Its odd really. At the same time I look at the things they do, and the things I do, and my goodness the work I do is so much more interesting. By some distance, it really is. And harder, I think. Shouldn't I be paid more?

Bleh. Wasn't as hard to say as I thought it might be. Really. Its more important to pay me than you. It really is.

How presumptious of me, I know. Perhaps you must be paid more simply because you don't do what I'm doing.

I've just become acquainted with this facebook phenomenon. Is how I've heard of it anyway.

Bar and Bench.

The facebook description says, among other things:

Whether you work for a law firm, a Legal Process Outsourcing company, a non-governmental or public interest organization interested in legal/policy issues, or whether you serve as an in-house counsel, a judge, a legal academic or a non-lawyer who routinely deals with legal issues, we understand that keeping abreast of legal developments in India and around the world is a critical aspect of your professional life.

Neatly excludes me then. And no, law firms don't include me. Not when your type uses it.

Bar and Bench has very little about the Bar or the bloody Bench. (On another note, must blog about that scumbag fake pious judge yesterday). Symptomatic really. It just isn't on the radar. Of these people anyway.

India Inc. makes me sick.

And here I am, desperately hawking my soul to anybody who'll buy it. Is it worth it?

Oh well. Maybe I will make it at the Bar. I've got more stuff on my plate now. Its really nice. I've gotten used to the consumer courts and can do most things there. Its comfortable. I was there a couple of days back and a lot of people noticed I'd been gone for a while. I know what I'm doing. Its a nice feeling, yes? The High Court isn't so bad either.

Except for the chap who said "Oh, didn't you apply to....", from chap with the law firm job.

"Yes, I did". Smile through clenched teeth. I'm here to do battle, sweetheart. What're you here for?

Arrogant. I know. But I've to let loose sometimes. As I said, its hard living a life where everybody else is well, I wouldn't say moving on to bigger and better things...but making so much more money. And yes, that matters.

Pride is all I've got. Nair has WON both his cases so far. Others ongoing. Its a one hundred percent record. Bloody hell that's something.

Oh and...just so you know, where I come from, where I've been and where I'm going, having an LL.M. means nothing. So...stop advertising it, please.

Chip & Dale Associates boast a strong watchamacallit practice group, with one partner and five associates, three of whom have completed master's degrees.

HA, HA and HA.

Bleh. Such a bitter post this is.