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Nov 30, 2021
1 min

What Type Of Law School Alumnus Are You / Will You Be?

This quiz has been created by Rhea Prasad (Batch of 2024) and Lakshmi Nambiar (Batch of 2023). You’ve seen them in newspapers, at internships, at talks and even in the VC’s office, but have you ever wondered what type of law school alum you’ll be? Take Quirk’s BuzzFeed quiz to find out! Don’t forget to tag us on our social media if you share the result! If you enjoyed this quiz and want to procastinate a tad more before project subs, check out our ‘Which Place on Campus Are Y

Sep 22, 2021
19 min

The NLSIU Calendar – Snapshots into Life at Law School

With November in Nagarbhavi quickly approaching, Quirk presents a Photo Journal, that documents all months of campus life. Starting from the first trimester jitters to the fun of third trimester, get ready for a run-down of everything to expect on campus. Don’t miss the nostalgic video by Ojas Chandaniha (Batch of 2025)! We thank everyone who contributed pictures for the same. If there’s one thing that the last eighteen months have proved, it’s that technology simply cannot r

Aug 28, 2021
1 min

Which Place on Campus Are You?

This quiz has been created by Rhea Prasad (Batch of 2024). Have you ever wondered which place on campus you are? Does your personality scream the comfort and warmth of Chetta or the yolo attitude of the Field? With the prospect of returning to campus looking bright, take Quirk’s BuzzFeed quiz to find out! Don’t forget to tag us on our social media if you share the result! If you enjoyed this quiz and want to procastinate a tad more before project subs, check out our ‘Which La

Jun 29, 2021
1 min

Life Economics- A comic

The concept for the comic was authored by Shivi Dangi (Batch of 2025). It has been illustrated by Kajal Jamdare (Batch of 2025). #nls #comic #LawSchool #academicrigour #economics

Apr 19, 2021
8 min

Caste – A̶ ̶C̶l̶a̶s̶s̶ ̶D̶i̶s̶c̶u̶s̶s̶i̶o̶n̶?̶ A Dreary Reality

This article has been written by A. Jahnavi (Batch of 2024). The illustration is by Akshit Singla (Batch of 2024) “It is for the majority to realise its duty not to discriminate against minorities. Whether the minorities will continue or vanish must depend upon the habit of majority. The moment the majority loses the habit of discriminating against the minority, the minorities can have no ground to exist. They will vanish, but that depends entirely upon the attitude of the ma

Feb 26, 2021
8 min

Crime And Professorship: An Interview with Mrinal Satish (Batch of 2001)

Mrinal Satish graduated from Law School in 2001. In this interview, Quirk spoke to him about his law school experience, his takeaways from his master’s at Yale, incorporating his learnings from both these institutions in his teaching methods, being a part of the Justice Verma Committee, and also learnt more about his interests outside of academia. Part I — Law School: 1. Who taught you Criminal Law in NLS and how was your experience? Why did you decide to teach Criminal Law a

Jan 7, 2021
6 min

A Letter to Yamuna

This piece has been written by Anonymous. The artwork is by Gunjan Jadiya (Batch of 2023). Dear First Year Girls, I know that you have had limited interaction with your seniors due to the constraints of an online trimester, and in the absence of a cozy Yamuna night on the Annapurna terrace, I feel that this gyaan is slightly overdue, so hopefully, this Quirk article will suffice.[1] I remember my initial weeks at NLS and the self-doubt that came with it. I think I speak for m

Dec 29, 2020
1 min

Cracking CLAT to Become a Box on Someone’s Laptop Screen

This artwork was created by Madhav Aggarwal (Batch of 2025). It illustrates his initial experience at NLS and offers a snapshot into education in the times of COVID-19. In the present times, whenever one goes to a new place, it is natural to want to click pictures and capture the memory. As I sat there attending my very first class at NLS, on Zoom, from my home, the only way I could think of doing that was to take a screenshot of my laptop screen. That is what this piece depi

Dec 22, 2020
5 min

Dream Destination Yet?

This piece has been written by Sankari B (Batch of 2025). The cover image has been created by Anshita Agrawal (Batch of 2023). A month before my CLAT examination, I remember losing hope. Too many postponements had drained my energy and motivation to prepare. What kept it alive was a huge picture of the university of my dreams – NLSIU. I pasted it on my cupboard, and drew a stick-figure of myself (because I’m a terrible artist), longing to reach the destination. Finally, the m

Oct 4, 2020
1 min

Which Law School Course Are You?

This quiz has been created by the Quirk Team. The cover picture has been illustrated by Gunjan Jadiya (Batch of 2023) Have you ever wondered which Law School subject you are? Does your personality scream the razor-sharp calculated yet suave ways of Eco-I or the rigour and righteousness of Consti? Take Quirk’s BuzzFeed quiz to find out. Don’t forget to tag us on our social media if you share the results! #nls #subjects #Bangalore #lawschoolcourses #law #LawSchool #nlsiubangalo

Oct 3, 2020
1 min

The Law School Cryptic Crossword #2

As the much needed break begins, we’ve got yet another cryptic crossword from Aman Vasavada (Batch of 2021)! Each clue here is a puzzle in and of itself! Having completed another online trimester and faced with the daunting possibility of facing yet another one – nostalgia for good ol’ law school days runs at an all time high – let’s see if you can put that to good use and figure out our clues! [PS: For solving a cryptic crossword, try and decode the wordplay in the clues rat

Aug 9, 2020
4 min

Navigating Sexuality: Acethetic Musings

“Can we guess what your sexual orientation is, based on your choice of acethetic things?” This article has been written by Anonymous. Cover artwork by Lakshmi Nambiar (Batch of 2023). Hello there! Have you, like seemingly everyone else in this lockdown, been constantly horny? Do you dream of the day when you can free yourself from the shackles of social distancing and tear off the clothes of your lover/ (boring-but-they’re-kinda-cute-so-you’ll-roll-with-it) Tinder match/ part

Jul 13, 2020
8 min

Saale Sab Saanp Hain: Part 2 – The Saanp-Gradation

Older, wiser, but no less prone to being the victim of saanp tactics, the author of the original ‘Saale Sab Saanp Hain’ article brings you some new stories from this season of Laa School Politics (and adds an artwork to go with it!) This article has been revised. If you speak to people who’ve known me for any length of time, they’ll tell you that I’ve been thinking about this sequel from second year – when I wrote the original Saale Sab Saanp Hain, providing a breakdown of L

May 27, 2020
2 min

Life Under Lockdown – A Mind Map

This Mind Map has been conceptualized by Smriti Kalra (Batch of 2021) and Jwalika Balaji (Batch of 2023). The doodle has been created by Smriti Kalra. Island of Unproductivity – It’s where your mind goes as you scroll through an endless stream of banana breads on Instagram and binge watch three series consecutively on Netflix. You then decide to work and focus on that upcoming project for 5 mins until your phone pings and you immediately drop everything to fill out the newest

May 22, 2020
1 min

NLS Official Communication Now via National Newspapers

“Will help inculcate a reading habit among inmates”: say Experts May 22, 2020 | Quirk Team Newspaper design by Mallika Sen (Batch of 2021) #nls #openbookexams #Bangalore #nationallawschool #onlineexams #takehomeexams #NLSIU #internetissues #university #timesofindia #ExamDepartment #sudhirkrishnaswamy #covid19 #nationallawschoolofIndiauniversitybangalore

May 20, 2020
4 min

Passing the Mic: From Appropriation to Allyship

This article has been written by Anonymous. This image is from Pass the Mic Youth (@passthemicyouth), a youth-led and youth-centered podcast and blog (info via Medium). The most defining event in my student life, before I entered college, was the institutional murder of Rohith Vemula. I was compelled to think about my caste/class privilege and read Ambedkar – which left me aghast by the level of apathy and downright hostility I saw everywhere, in my family and friend circles.

May 9, 2020
6 min

Learning at Law School – Of High Tables and Floors

This article has been written by Abhishek Asha Kumar (Batch of 2020). When I was a child, my neighbour used to feed my brother and me whenever my parents went to the village. She would invite me home for food. I would sit on the floor; her entire family would sit at the table. Bahujan scholar and poet Omprakash Valmiki described in his biography, his father’s insistence on him pursuing a higher education, despite knowing fully well of the discrimination that his son would ine

Apr 27, 2020
3 min

An Ode to NLS from a Bollywood Fan

This piece has been written by Rhea Prasad (Batch of 2024). This piece is the first of a mini-series: ‘Missing Law School’. Ever since I was a child, I have been a huge Bollywood fan. My earliest memories are dancing to Kajra Re and Kanta Laga, much to the horror of my parents. The downside of this, however, was having unrealistic expectations. I had always imagined that my college life would be like that in Main Hoon Na. Not the being-held-hostage-by-a-terrorist part, but th

Feb 29, 2020
13 min

History and her story at NLS: An Interview with Prof.Elizabeth [Part I]

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

Jan 17, 2020
3 min

Acad Shut after Bird Poop Contamination

Acad Shut after Bird Poop Contamination “The hostel bathroom smells better”, laments student January 17, 2020 | Aman Vasavada Several reports of the putrid stench of bird poop in the areas surrounding the academic block of Nagarbhavi Laa School have finally prompted the administration to take action. This morning, NLS authorities declared the region as the Acad Exclusion Region (“AER”), cordoning off the academic block and its surrounding regions with leftover SF barricades t