Category Archives: Reforms

The legacy of the Commonwealth Games

By Arun | Published: September 4, 2010
Like any major global sporting event in recent memory, the Commonwealth Games have polarized public opinion. To articulate this, I can highlight three main categories of opinion on the Games: 1. The Games are good for India, and much-needed to improve its image and showcase its arrival in the international stage. 2. The Games may incur [...]
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Legal Education in India: A Student Survey

By Arani | Published: July 26, 2010
Aditya Singh, a final year student at Nalsar, is working with Jonathan Gingerich of the Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School to put together a survey on the current state of the Indian law school system. The study includes questions on how law students are evaluated, of the prevalence and causes of copying [...]
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On applying for firm internships

By Arani | Published: July 25, 2010
As most of my class gets down to the stage of their careers where they must decide what to do with their lives (many, like myself, still have no clue), those who decide to become “corporate lawyers” will have to procure internships at the top law firms in the country. Most of these firms give [...]
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To Cut the Gordian Knot or Not?

By Arani | Published: July 16, 2010
(Guest post by Sahana Manjesh, a third year student at National Law School of India University, Bangalore.) Marriage has long been a bastion of what is considered sacred and traditional about relationships in India. Divorce then is viewed skeptically by sections of the society, law makers and adjudicators in equal measure. Mercifully though, there are [...]
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Cognitive psychology + intellectual property = Revolution?

By Arani | Published: June 1, 2010
If all of intellectual property could be summed up in one maxim, it would probably be “Incentive increases innovation.” Scientists, artists and intellectuals tend to become more creative and produce both qualitatively and quantitatively better work, the theory goes, if you provide them with suitable rewards. As a corollary of this rule, others should be [...]
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VIP – Yeh andar ki baat Nahi hai

By Arani | Published: May 30, 2010
Recently returned from a four-day visit to several shrines in and around the AP-Karnataka border, I was struck by a facet of modern Indian life that I find hard to reconcile with my expectations of a sovereign socialistic secular democratic republic. I also find it disturbing that the millions of others who have been to [...]
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