This article has been written by Dhawal M (Batch of 2025). The accompanying artwork is by Kajal Jamdare (Batch of 2025). Law School is a mysterious place, more so when you have never actually visited it and have to bank on personal accounts which often contradict each other. Do I believe that it is an open and inclusive space or do I believe that even though I will not be hate crime-d, so to speak, wearing heels to class will not exactly be a fashun moment? In all fairness, t

This interview was conducted by Rhea Prasad, Sreedharan V (Batch of 2024), and Jwalika Balaji (Batch of 2023). It is a part of our #AltCareers Series. Aparna Mittal graduated from Law School in 2005 and served as the SBA Vice-President during her time here. She went on to work at corporate firms like Luthra & Luthra and AZB till 2017, where she was a partner – Corporate/ Mergers and Acquisitions. In 2018, she founded the Samāna Centre for Gender, Policy and Law. Samāna is a c

In continuance of our interviews with a few members of the LGBTQIA+ community on campus, here is our second piece in the Pride Mini-Series! The first piece in this series can be found here.[1] Part 2 of this Mini-Series highlights how NLS has played a role in people discovering and becoming comfortable with their identities, but also how all of us could be going a lot further in our practical efforts to make this space more inclusive. The artwork was submitted by Bethamehi Jo

A survey conducted on campus by the NLS Queer Alliance (hereafter ‘QA’) revealed that out of 96 respondents, 23% did not identify as straight and around 10% did not identify as cisgender.[1] This shows that the queer community on campus is not composed of a ‘minuscule minority’. In celebration of Pride Month (which recently concluded) Quirk presents this Mini-Series containing a collation of the personal experiences of some LGBTQIA+ members on campus. This includes their jour

This article has been written by Anonymous. In this article, Anon discusses how in this era of lockdown and Rigour Raj, perceived marginalised experiences have often been co-opted by Law School’s vocal elites to meet their own ends. Some food for thought, for the next time anyone feels like spamming the batch group or starting a mail thread. This cover picture is from the NewStatesman. This platform recently published an article detailing the results of a survey that intended

On the eve of the annual Bangalore Pride, our favourite Professor Kunal Ambasta answers some questions on Pride, the queer rights movement, and his *celebrity* status. This interview was conducted by Madhunika Vardarajan (Batch of 2021) on behalf of the NLS Queer Alliance. Interviewer: Thank-you so much for taking the time out and doing this, sir. Shall we proceed to the questions? Kunal: Yes, we can. I’m very nervous for this right now. Interviewer: So, to start with, will y

Written by Sakhi Shah, a fourth year student at NLSIU. She can be contacted at sakhisshah@gmail.com. National Law School often considers itself a bastion for LGBTQ (Hereinafter referred to as “Queer”) rights in India. It is unquestionable that we are a visible part of the queer movement, especially the queer legal movement, in India. Some of us would like to believe that we have always been open to a discourse on queer rights. Conversely, some of us would like to believe that

Written by Sakhi Shah, a fourth year student at NLSIU. She can be contacted at sakhisshah@gmail.com. National Law School often considers itself a bastion for LGBTQ (Hereinafter referred to as “Queer”) rights in India. It is unquestionable that we are a visible part of the queer movement, especially the queer legal movement, in India. Some of us would like to believe that we have always been open to a discourse on queer rights. Conversely, some of us would like to believe that