Saving Panthera Tigris: Tough Job Ahead for Asia

After a long time I say hi to this blog and to all my friends who are in a good habit of following this blog. Now, I know that this article is not associated with NLIU and I know it even better that it is but for this reason that this blog post may be removed in a couple of days or even earlier, but since I had to convey something to my batch mates, I couldn't find a better medium of communication than this.
Now, I finally begin with what I had to say. Those of you, who are big TV buffs like me, must have observed the advertisements of the Save Tiger Campaign by Aircel. I watched it too, first because they have hunks like Dhoni and Baichung Bhutia in their ad (you can't help but notice them first) but then I was moved by the message it conveyed "Just 1,411 tigers are left in India, will we let our National Animal disappear?" The first image that came to my mind after this was a photograph that I saw in class 9th in my social studies textbook, it displayed almost 30 tigers dead in front of an English police officer, who stood loftily displaying his 4 feet 5 inches long gun with a dozen Indian 'helpers' standing behind him. Sorry for over-reaction but I seriously felt like taking away the Englishman's Gun and shooting him and then posing in the same way in front of his dead body as he did before the tigers.
The reason for tigers being our national animal is that a tiger is a perfect example of beauty, glory, royalty, richness and pride. Other reason is that once upon a time it was found in abundance in our country and it still is in the maximum number in our country. Statistics reveal that currently there are 3200 tigers in the whole world; while a century ago, this number was over hundred thousands. 160 countries over the globe prohibit the sale of tiger's body parts.
In India, National parks like Corbett, Dudhwa, Kaziranga, Kanha and Bandipur contain maximum tiger population. However, increasing human population and illegal trade are the main reasons for tigers being killed here. According to a research by WWF, increase in sea level is also a reason for tiger extinction in countries like Bangladesh. The world famous area for tigers, the Sunderbans have encountered a 96% decrease in the number of tigers. In Russia, ruthless deforestation is giving rise to tiger extinction while in China, the heavy demand for tiger's body parts is a reason for tigers being killed. The situation can be understood by the fact that there are only 50 wild tigers left in China. Vietnam too faces the same holdup. United States has more tigers encaged than in forests, Texas having the maximum number of encaged tigers. Europe exports almost 5.8 tons of palm oil per year, which leads to a vast chopping down of rainforests, a home for tigers in Europe. Nepal has the maximum cross roads over the world, which is responsible for the smuggling of tiger parts.
The main reason for tigers being killed at this large pace is the medicinal value of its body parts. According to the Wild Life Trade Tracks Expert in East Asia, Dr. Priscila Geo, Chinese people believe that medicines made of tiger's bones have magical effect on orthopedic ailments. However, the sale of tiger skin, bones and other parts is prohibited in China since 1993 but still the trade silently continues. The Director of World Bank's Tiger Initiative Project Mr. Keshav Sharma says that over a last few years, the Middle class has grown substantially in China which has resulted into an increasing demand not only for medicine and wine but also for ornamental gifts, hence resulting into more and more killing of tigers.
However, measures are being taken for increasing tiger population around the world. Chinese Scientists have recently proclaimed that they can develop approximately 600 tigers a year by genetic engineering but these tigers will face problems of adjusting with climatic conditions. There is a lot of dispute worldwide regarding this matter as wildlife activists say no to this idea. Asian countries have agreed to contribute largely in the number of tigers and make their number increase substantially till 2022.
Let's hope that this majestic and beautiful animal survives even more on this earth and remain an icon for our country with its inspiring natural characteristics that make it our national animal. Let's hope that we never encounter a day when a tiger deprived of its natural habitat will enter our university campus. Bhopalis must be knowing that there are some real tigers in Kerwa Forests too!

-Durva

Of empty hostels and bonfires

On the 24th of December 2009, smiles that had been lost underneath never ending stacks comprising mainly of unorganized photocopied notes, subject material and books that were never actually referred to, returned on the faces of most of the students at NLIU as they packed their bags to return home. The MP Tourism taxi service probably recorded peak profit that day, as most of us rushed to catch that trains they don't know the name of, for obviously that didn't matter to them. What mattered, was the belief that this journey will take them outside the godforsaken campus that had been haunting them in the last two weeks, thanks to the end-terms. So as 'most of us' vacated the hostels, the unfortunate rest stayed back to face a painful round of negligible social contact, no food on campus, empty hostel corridors and locked rooms. Why? Exactly the question almost everyone of us staying back asked oneself at the end of the day, 'Why did I pick this moot!?' Among the 15 or so students staying back were not many heavyweights of mooting, but there were some hopefuls. The teams that stayed back included those representing NLIU at B.C.I, Jessups North, MM Singhvi, DM Harish, Vienna East, K.K. Luthra, and the GLC-T moot. And somehow, we managed to make it an experience worth reminiscing.
With the library closed for the first 3 days due to local and national holidays, the mooters stayed in their respective rooms for a substantive part of the day, only coming out to find the tapra closed and walking back, or to arrange for food. I made regular rounds to the Jessup team's room, to fetch some inspiration from the quartet stuck to their laptop screens. It helped me out a little, but couldn't prevent me from wasting my time on various futile issues like thinking about where to eat for hours and planning meals in advance. So, the year 2009 was ending with most of us making honest attempts at researching, yet often finding ourselves checking out the amazing download speeds that we were getting. GBs in an hour, the WiFi lord was impressed I guess. Some of us did manage to resist the temptation and work, which is something I can never be proud of, because sadly enough I couldn't follow suit. And I paid the price later, working non-stop for more than a day, and convincing the courier service to take my package even without proof of identity. Managed all of that, and learned never to repeat some fatal mistakes that I made during the period.
Some things still need a mention, because of being the only light moments that we had, moments that were free from pressure, and filled with humour. This would obviously include the Christmas Dinner that was delicious, (according to what I am told, couldn't be there) the Bonfire which included ideas like burning the dog and smoking the bonfire flame(one of which was turned into a practical demonstration, I leave it upon you to figure out which one ) and everyone's submission date. All of us managed to submit on time and those of us who didn't quite know how to format, acquired the knowledge the hard way, and the rest we decided to keep for later.

Advice to future mooters staying back:
Make sure you know who else is in the hostel.
Keep listening to music, BUT work!
Always have stuff to eat.
If you're not experienced enough at it, don't sleep for 20 minutes, thinking that you will wake yourself up on time. (You're going to wake up the next morning, take my word)
Keep talking to people. (don't let the big bad moot get you)

And, DHL doesn't take packages after 8:00 PM.
This piece of information, would certainly help.
(I submitted at 8:25 PM, but I was lucky)


-Yash S Vijay
Batch of 2014

In absurdness

Okay, its 2.51 am and I got this damn sociology end term tomorrow but still somehow I can't stop myself from penning this down. For one, m happy that I finally did write something for this blog… nw fewer curses from yash, I guess. Anyways, what dragged me to my laptop amidst that crappy shit(no offences!) of gender, caste, varna, class, panchayat n how some toda tribe marries in some corner of this world, blah blah… was the fact that it suddenly dawned on me…. 5 more days and am done with my 2nd trimester… NOOO… it feels like it just started a week back or something…
the day when we were back from our term break… all chirpy n fresh…when we stood at our classroom door guessing which prof is gonna teach us next… n not to forget the awe n…. Okay awe… on the face of our 2nd years seeing their future SOL classes… n that freshers..which just feels like… what… couple of days back or something??? N stetsons n tankha n cbcl… phew!!!

Seems like flashes in time….

Lotsa moments if I recount them back…
n it still feels so quick as if time just kept on flying by…

No doubt I m dying to finish off these last papers and run home, shop, meet old friends, relax, njoy, sleeeeeeeep… but at the same time I don’t want this trimester to end… perhaps to stay for a lil longer so that we can live our 1st year more….

Hfff! Its in here where you feel, no matter how much you curse it, hate it, rejoice it, miss it, crib about it... you just can't stop loving NLIU…

2 trimesters down the line n it makes me realise… I have fallen in love with this place…

N time continues to fly by…

Shit!!!

3.30!!!!!! I'm so gonna flunk socio tomorrow!!!!


-Shreya

Never Again….Mind It!

Shejal Verma

23rd, 24th and 25th !!! Yes!! The day really came when I boarded in train for going my home-sweet-home…Ah! So I was in fact going home…flowing like a breeze, I euphorically and safely boarded the train and the journey began…..So what`s new in that? I`ll tell you-
The following conversation took place between me and my co-passenger (sorry I don’t remember his name ) just before few minutes when the train reaches Raipur and I am proud to clarify his misconceptions about the `So called legal profession` (in his terms)…
(The co-passenger will be addressed as Mr. X…No intentions to take a particular name.)
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Take One….Action!
Mr. X: Alone?
Me (With a doubtful expression): Err…Yup
Mr. X: Where are you going?
Me: Raipur
Mr. X: I see
Me: What??
Mr. X: Oh! Nothing…! So which in which class are you? (That’s not his mistake…I hardly look a 1st year student! )
Me (Gladly): Pursuing B.A. LL.B (Hon.) from National Law Institute University, Bhopal
Mr. X: Oh…I am so sorry, you don’t look so old to study in….what college?
Me (with not a very good look): National Law Institute University, Bhopal
Mr. X: Exactly. “To vakil banogi…”
“Ha”, I said.
“Ajkal kaun banta hai?”
Now that was the limit…. “Not again”, I said. People think there is no other profession than engineering and medical. You utter them the word `law` and instantly (more faster than 3*108 m/s ), a beautiful picture of a man wearing white shirt, and black pant pops up. It is melancholy that they can hardly think beyond this. I had already given divine knowledge to a plethora of people about the great importance and scope of legal profession but this man poured water to all my labour.

“Ok”, I thought, “lets wash off his mind (Ummm…firstly, finding his mind would be a much better idea!)”
“Do you know what exactly Legal profession is?”
A straight forward `No`………..Expected
So I`ll have to begin it from the beginning….
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Take Two…..action!
“The practice of law is indeed a wonderful experience. As a naïve, you get to know what actually governs not only your but other countries, acquaint with your rights and duties, problems of the masses and a great opportunity to help them when you enter into it and a lot and lot more (Of course I Don’t know everything coz I m too just a beginner.. ). It is in demand because of the changing scenario in the regulations made by the Government vis-à-vis changing social structure. The world is beyond Physics, Chemistry and Math. The scope of legal profession has widened since many years and is increasing day by day. And 11 NLUs (for common masses, I’ll reframe it to as 11 National Law Universities) together with many law colleges provide a concrete base to cultivate and transform ourselves into a rational thinking and responsible individual, where decisions are ought to be taken by mind and not by heart.
It’s a profession where you can actually raise voice for……”
Chai, coffee, cold drinks, fruity!!!

No no!!! not that!!! It was a typical chai wala with a typical voice (I wish I could convey the sound effect to my readers. As for now, be happy with the imaginative picture you have drawn in your mind!)

So where I was? Yes, “It’s a profession where you have the authoritative right to argue for the interests of the people concerned.”
After having said this much, I sensed that the man was indeed listening to all my `su-wakyas` like a diligent `shishya`….

Continuing further…
“There are many fields you can opt in law like corporation law, civil law, criminal law, international law, labour law, patent law, tax law and so on.
The importance of legal profession in a developing country like India is so much that it can`t be illustrated (Sometimes, it becomes difficult to describe the simplest things…But I don`t think law is that easy.)
Lastly, I`ll tell you who we are.
We are those who are concerned with the protection of rights of the people, trying in every way that they are not infringed, representative of clients, who work for the country and give our best to improve the status of the society by making the citizens aware of their laws.”
“WE ARE LEGAL ACTIVISTS….. .”
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Scene Three….action!

Me: I think that’s enough to make you understand what the legal profession is about. Hope I`d be able to tell more when we meet the next time….
Mr. X: No no, its fine! I mean fantabulous! I really didn`t know the importance of this subject and its vastness! Meri galti.
“So next time when you meet someone who is completely alien to this great field, just bring him out of darkness by giving a sweet lecture of mine, verbatim.”

The train whistled and entered to the Raipur Junction.

“Time for me to go…..Hope to see you again! Bye!”
Mr. X: Bye. Have a great day Ms. Legal Activist!
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Pack up

So this was all about my journey. I really felt great that I could explain my co-passenger the vitality of my subject. A memorable trip indeed…
Catch you later….

just to remind us all...

hey friends..!! i've written this poem much to remind us all...about the few reasons we are here in NLIU..here it goes..

The stories of making of lawyers ,
The sagas of truth tellers in this world of mirage,
Where the false and injustice pile up,
And dampen my nation with their evil collage,
Being the lawyers in process, let’s not forget one thing that should be,
That we are here to change the system and give a ray of glee

Decades will come, centuries will go,
The closed doors of courtrooms will put up a good show
But the soft hearts covered in tough black attires,
Who will still have a feather of love beyond their satires!
My nation still calls for those few hearts,
Who will think par making money and rising charts!

Away from the worry of placements, away from the hunger of grades
Lets give one more chance to ourselves, to look at the sun beyond the shades
One fair rising sun we had decided to be a lawyer,
Let’s not let the wick go off and extinguish the fire,
My country, my nation, my people still stretch hands in hope,
some1 will come to support my paralysed nation, and wake it up from a dope


- AKSHATA NAMJOSHI

Entries for "Wavelength"..!!

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Requirements:
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2) no defamations... :P ( no taking names, unless it is for a good cause!!)
3) submissions to be made at the earliest, but definitely at your convenience.
4) It should be fun to read...( That it will be, I'm sure of!!)

So, you need not be a writer to give in your entries... You just have to be a little creative, innovative and imaginative, which we all are..Atleast we can give it a shot, right??
And all of us can spare just half an hour for a nice, cute, little "something" as our contribution to WAVELENGTH...
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Remember, we were ( Past tense, Shit..I correct: are here) to make a difference!!
And, to be really modest about stuff, we are really good...:P
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\m/
- Kriti
Member
Literary society, JC

P.S.: Catching up on my diligency @ NLIU, sadly I have foregone all hopes of being diligent ever..*Sigh*
And guys, Please BLOG too!!! :)

The first week @ second trimester

The most eagerly awaited 8 day break had arrived, marking the end of an unforgettable first trimester @ NLIU… Also, bringing in lots of time to make new resolutions ( which had to go into the drain, I knew that even before making them.. :P ) .. like

1) Reducing tapra visits,{ which could not be followed due to cancellation of last lectures for three days, and the hunger grabbed us, which did not let us wait till our hostel mess timings, and we could not resist the tempting tapra visit and then Yash’s Birthday and resisting free food is seriously difficult},

2) Reducing facebooking{ “Oh! Mom, Can’t I even talk to Krithika and Surabhi, when they aren’t here?!”… Aur yahan aake,” Yaar Krithika, I have met this friend online after a long time, bass 5 minute aur!!”},

3) Regularly going through the course { “Oh! It’s the first week… Shreya, kaunsi movie dekhni hai?” and I haven’t even bought the Bare act as yet},

4) Less of skywalks{ “ Krithika, let’s go for a walk!” and the walking and talking extends for like 2 hours at a stretch},

5) No missing classes { Shreya loves idli sambhar more than Contracts… and I feel like catching up on sleep only before LRM}..

6) Blogging @ NLIU { I am blogging after the blog has almost completed the month},

7) Making exhaustive notes in class{ however, we are too exhausted from the last days back-to-back movie watching to even try to listen to the professor}…

8) Sleeping on time { Arrey, ab movies roz roz thodi naa dekhte hain, aur Anindita ka birthday bhi ab seedhe agle saal hi toh aayega naa?!}

9) Visiting library atleast once a week { “Library jaake padhai nahin hoti yaar…” }

10) Attending Saturday debating { “Yaar, is hafte ghar jaane ka mood hai, agli baar dekhti hoon”}

11) Reaching class on time { “ Just one more snooze will not harm”… Shit, Shreya, its 8:30..!” and when I reach the washroom to brush, Apeksha is giving final touches to her hair, thnx to Sam for keeping up our Cluster - waking up late- tradition!!.. and we also have an indepth knowledge of the same happening in the boys hostel, thnx to Parnil..!!}

I guess, many of us, as in the not-diligent ones{ And mind it, it is not innuendo} might have faced these…

The past trimester also bought silly yellow nail paint experiments, more spoilt papers, debars and repeats, back bench faltugiris and shining flashes, beautiful calligraphy on paper, writing our names all over the place,reading novel at the last seat, feeling bad about the Bhopal gas disaster and not listening at the same time, gossiping in class,70% attendance policy, and things which we didn’t want to be repeated in the second trimester. However, since history repeats itself, the second trimester is proving to be a replica to the first!!

Since, I could not follow my planned routine in the first week, I have {in vain} decided to try and follow them in the second week now…
The second week comes as a promise, a new dawn{ Shit, college again}, and I have promised to be a “bit” more diligent!!..

So, I’ll be back with a “bit” more diligency @NLIU or lack thereof… and will certainly let you guys know more about it… :D

I'm not hungry for comments, though you can post a few just to make me feel a bit nicer... :P

-Kriti