I had an ocassion to revise some of the lessons in responsibility. 1. The circumstances should not define me, nor can I define the circumstance. I can at best, affect the nature of my relationship with these circumstances. 2. If someone or some people are able to get to me and make me [...]
I spent a rather challenging day in an attempt to wrap up the task of filing certain papers at the High Court. The fact that I had do it alone didn’t help things at all, a constraint aggravated by my lack of experience in the more clerical aspects of law practice. Then out of the [...]
After many many days, today I have found the latitude to sit down and really think about where I wish to go. The success in the past few days has only believe stronger than ever that achievements lead only to a sense of emptiness. Victory leaves only a sense of void. I have been [...]
At the heart of the human crisis lies the need to reconcile man’s instincts towards survival with his need for society. Aristotle only told one side of the story when he said that any man who feels he can live without society must be a god or a beast. We may be conscious of our [...]
The building where my firm functions out of, is owned by a religious body, which has placed a watchman to keep an eye out for trouble. One of our interns happens to be a girl who is an exceptionally motivated and smart young lady with tremendous potential. But her crime is that she is a [...]
Entrepreneurship is the most worthwhile endeavour, regardless of one’s fate in this journey. Those of us who have taken up this facet of professional life will testify that the business is the wife and everyone else in our lives become mistresses. The concept of weekends, weekdays, holidays, etc. are all non-existent and it is a [...]
I had the occasion to visit the Ramakrishna Ashram in Mysore recently. During my school days, I was heavily drawn to the works of Swami Vivekananda. He had an intuitive understanding of the politics that had entered the sphere of religion and spirituality and undermined them by boldly advocating a school of thought re-emphasized human [...]
“I may not like what you are saying, but I will defend till death, your right to say it.”-Voltaire As lawyers, our first and foremost duty is to the letter and spirit of the law. It is drilled in to us that we are first and foremost, officers of the court and by that [...]
The white shirt, black coat and the band is not just a uniform or a dress code; it is a life style and culture. By lifestyle I refer to how we don’t work like other professionals, but work is as much a part of us as is breathing. Monday to Sunday, day and night, our [...]
Oh boy, what a fun couple of days it has been! Finally good to have enough peace of mind to pen some thoughts down. I stepped out of the office yesterday for a few brief moments for a tea break along with two colleagues of mine. One is a particularly fit and strong chap, [...]