A few lawyerly tips

Folks, there are certain qualities that a legal professional must possess, whether he/she is a practicing advocate or a legal consultant. The quality that i am talking about here is that a lawyer has to be a 'good listener' as well. No matter how strong you put forth your arguments before the Court or before your boss (in a firm) trying to convince him about your point or your reasoning on an issue, if you do not listen to him or his viewpoint and try to overpower him in terms of your views, then you are not gonna win over any argument in any case or any transactional advice that you may be involved in.

Now, the reason i am saying this is that it should work the other way as well, even your boss or your senior should at the same time had to be a good listener, he/she just can not or should not tear down your views without even listenting to what you have to say? This I agree would n't be an easy task given the kind or depth of knowledge the other person (boss) who is sitting on ther other side may have but to my mind no body in law or even forget about law even in any other field can not claim that he/she is an 'expert' in a particular area. Because everybody learns through the process, the guy who is sitting on the other side of the table, if he thinks that he is 'the best' or 'the authority' in a particular area of law, then i think he is utterly wrong in his assumption.

I am saying this particularly beacause i have had such encounters with such kind of people and folks with all due respect to such people i think they are simply killing the talent that lay behind people like me or any other such person for that matter. And they will say,'you know what Mr.X... just shut up....because i am the boss'.

Naxalite Killings

Folks, what happened on Tuesday was indeed a shcoker for the whole country, 80 police personnel got killed by Naxalites. And i am shocked, what followed after that, to add to the woes of those dead & thier families - government is divided on taking actions against Naxals? The difference of opinion comes in terms of using air strikes against the Naxals, government says we can revisit the policy in this regard. Naval chief says - its not the right time yet to use air strikes.

Its really sad to see this kind of a governmental approach. Why can't the Government through a collective effort come with a stern policy against such Naxal attacks. Its got to be either 'this' or 'that' there should not be any 'ifs' and 'buts' in tackling such home grown terrorist activities. We can learn from the Sri Lankan's army's war on putting an end to Tamil Tigers, they had a single policy, single aim - elimination of Tamil Tigers from thier land and they did that successfully with the strong political will and army support. India as a democratic nation, if we can not take such an stern action then the only way out is a 'cease fire'.

Government should really get its policy rolling on this menace otherwise more lives can be lost at the altar of political non-action.

Udaipur Trip

Hey folks, this long weekend indeed turned out to be a an awesome weekend for me. I went to the City of Lakes - Udaipur, a beautiful city with a panaromic view of Venice in the night. I met lots of cousins there, mainly sisters & brother-in laws, all were waiting eagrely for me, as it was my maiden visit to them after a long time. Espcially thier small little kids kept me enagaged with their lovely smiles & cuteness. I love kids. All three days went on really well, spending time with each of them, playing with thier kids and partying with them. All in all a great fun.