Prof. Rahul Singh is a Law School alum who is currently an Associate Professor of Law. This interview is the first of a two-part series. In the second part, Quirk spoke to him about adapting to the pandemic, coming back to campus, student-admin relations and his interests in literature and poetry. This interview was conducted by Pallavi Khatri (Batch of 2022), Anshita Agrawal (Batch of 2023), Dhananjay Dutta Shrimali (Batch of 2023) and Digvijay Singh (Batch of 2023). Part I

Prof. Rahul Singh is a Law School alum who is currently an Associate Professor of Law. This interview is the first of a two-part series. In the first part, Quirk spoke to him about his law school experience, memories of his time at Harvard, coming back to teach at NLS, and holding positions of authority at NLS. This part of the interview was conducted by Radhika Goyal (Batch of 2019), Mallika Sen (Batch of 2022), Riddhi RS (Batch of 2022) and Prannv Dhawan (Batch of 2022). Th

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

This interview was conducted by the NLS Communications Office and the original interview can be found here. You can reach out to them at communications@nls.ac.in. Dr. R. S. Kumbar was the Librarian (In Charge) and Mr. Beerappa was the Library Attender at the Shri Narayan Rao Melgiri Memorial National Law Library. June 30, 2020: Today, we bid adieu to two library staff members who retired after dedicating over 30 years of their life to NLSIU. We thank Dr R S Kumbar and Beerapp

This article has been put together by the Quirk Team. As we reach the end of committee selections, Law School will soon witness an incoming spam of mails calling for volunteers for events also senior and junior co-opts when college begins (...oh, wait, junior co-opts selection will probably happen never). We all know that committee mails will read very polite and sincere (probably because the Admin is also  on our G-Suite group now!) but they actually mean something else alto

Our online classes started almost immediately after we were all sent home. The lockdown order that followed also meant that most people would have to vacate their temporary residences and go back to their homes. Online classes are functioning smoothly (for the most part), law school is working as usual (minus the physical law school part itself), and the non-teaching staff at NLS are working very hard right now to make this happen. They are at home, they are managing their fa

Prof.Elizabeth has been a Professor of History at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, for 28 years. She has taught generations of Law School students, and left an indelible mark on the institution. In 2020, she will begin a new journey, as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu National Law University. This interview is the second of a three-part series, conducted in collaboration with Vaanavil, the literary magazine of TNNLU. The third part of this series

Prof.Elizabeth has been a Professor of History at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, for twenty-eight years. She has taught generations of Law School students, and left an indelible mark on the institution. In 2020, she will begin a new journey, as the Vice-Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu National Law University. This interview is the first of a three-part series, conducted in collaboration with Vaanavil, the literary magazine of TNNLU. The third part of thi

As Law School enters this new phase, we find ourselves at the threshold of possibilities. We are the oldest institution of our kind in this country, and yet we are young enough to remember the past that got us to the point where we are. Aditya Phalnikar and Lakshmi Nambiar (Batch of 2023) interviewed Prof. V.S. Mallar, a founding faculty member, to gain some insight into what Law School once was, the way Prof. Madhava Menon, our founder-Vice Chancellor, envisioned it to be. W

As Law School transitions from one Vice-Chancellor and the next, we find ourselves at the threshold of new possibilities. We are the oldest institution of our kind in this country and yet we are young enough to remember the past that got us to the point where we are. This series of interviews has been put together in order to gain some insight into what Law School once was, and what the future ought to be. We hope for this piece to be a glimpse into the past and a vision for

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

Spadika Jayaraj graduated from law school in 2016, and was a core member of Quirk during her time here. She went on to join McKinsey, a global consulting firm, with whom she worked for 2 years before moving to a start-up. Quirk asked her to share with us some of her experiences working with McKinsey. This interview was conducted by Radhika Goyal (Batch of 2019). Hi Spadika, tell us a little bit about your time in Law School. What committees were you a part of, what kind of ac

Manipur’s Iron Lady, Irom Sharmila, visited NLSIU this May and spoke about the politics in Manipur, her protest, and her reflections on her decision to end her strike and contest the Legislative Assembly elections. The Quirk team was lucky enough to get the opportunity to interview her and her partner, Desmond Coutinho. See below some excerpts: This interview was conducted by Prannv Dhawan (Batch of 2022), Vignesh Ramakrishnan (Batch of 2022), Spoorthi Cotha (Batch of 2020),

Kavita Krishnan is the Secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association and a member of the CPI (ML) politburo. This interview was conducted by Mukta Joshi (Batch of 2019), Ashwin Pantula (Batch of 2019) and Nupur Raut (Batch of 2017). Q : How did you get into the feminist movement, especially in college? KK : I was in St. Xavier’s College, Bombay for my B.A. and I wasn’t really part of any organized movement at that point, but that was 1990-93, the time when the ri

This article has been written by Abhinav Sekhri (Batch of  2014). It captures some of his experiences of pursuing an LLM from Harvard and provides some food for thought. We, at Quirk, wish the best of luck to those applying for an LLM and hope to hear about your experiences too! Law School, like much else, is a place of endless loops and cyclic events. Or, to put it more simply, it is another place where the same shit keeps happening over and over again for most parts. One of

Introducing Quirk’s new interview columnist, Prannv Dhawan (Batch of 2022)! Writing for Quirk’s interview column, ‘Conversations’, Prannv, along with Riddhi RS (Batch of 2022) interview our favourite Economics professor (you know who he is). Prof. T.S Somashekhar has got the unique distinction of giving law school students more sleepless nights than any moot or project ever could. His dry wit, sarcastic comments and raw intellect ensure Economics I and II never get boring. We

Sarah Kay is an American poet, most famous for her TED Talk on Spoken Word Poetry. She’s also the founder of Project V.O.I.C.E. She’s in Bangalore right now for the National Youth Poetry Slam, and thanks to the Literary and Debating Society and the Airplane Poetry Movement, she took a workshop for young poets right here in National Law School. Obviously, Quirk took this chance to talk to her about her work and her life. What would say is your favourite part about being who yo

This piece was written by Gautam Bhatia (Batch of 2011) and was published in a previous edition of Quirk. Modern fantasy is in a pitiable state. A confused morass of plots and sub-plots endlessly recycled in one book after another have led to complete saturation in the genre. A typical modern fantasy author starts basic tenets of a hero of sterling valour and a heroine of startling beauty, a romance between the aforementioned, an Enemy, a Quest, a War and a happy ending. Drag

This piece was written by Gautam Bhatia (Batch of 2011) and was published in a previous edition of Quirk. Modern fantasy is in a pitiable state. A confused morass of plots and sub-plots endlessly recycled in one book after another have led to complete saturation in the genre. A typical modern fantasy author starts basic tenets of a hero of sterling valour and a heroine of startling beauty, a romance between the aforementioned, an Enemy, a Quest, a War and a happy ending. Drag

This article was written by Siddharth Chauhan (Batch of 2008). Any recent graduate of Law School needs no introduction to Siddharth or more fondly known as simply ‘Chauhan’. The 20 months when he taught at Law School left an indelible mark on each student he taught. Always giving his all to Law School, his legacy still remains strong to this date. Writing in January 2005 for the first issue of Quirk, this article by Chauhan strikes an astonishingly prescient tone. The entranc