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Sep 17, 2016
3 min

Sarah Kay: A Poet like No Other

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

Sep 16, 2016
12 min

The CV Conundrum: Decoding the value more mysterious than Pi

This article was written by Megha Mehta (Batch of 2019). Disclaimer: This article is not meant to be an advertisement brochure to push people into the dark void of the capitalist rat race but is meant to bridge the informational gap that exists in law school given that we have no career counseling sessions and many of us don’t have the advantage of being friends with seniors or coming from law backgrounds, and therefore cannot seek advice. I hope this article will help all th

Sep 2, 2016
4 min

Why Veganism?

This article was written by Sonia Shad (Batch of 2018). Veganism is hard. Trying to be vegan in law school is harder. This is interesting, because of the fact that Veganism is so desirable. It makes for a healthier body, and your risk for heart attacks, stroke and even cancer goes down. You stop buying animal products and meat (and by extension leather, silk and wool), which is a boon for our meagre college budgets. Yet this does not seem to be the case. I have been confronte

Aug 22, 2016
1 min

Words to you

Aditya Singh Chawla (Batch of 2017) Words mask, pause, falter. On speech, rhyme, metaphor. Gibberish, gibberish. I want to be you. The depths of your being, Through shallow, vague, finite – the utterance of your tongue. Only a ghost, a shadow of you. An ocean of your being, Through haze, maze, a fog of doubt, vulnerability. Only a trickle, a drop of you. You. Tempered by language, fettered by its sanity I cannot so, be you. I could command, demand, implore. I would falter, pa

Aug 2, 2016
1 min

Love at First Swipe

vnshjj I’m done with all relationships – commitment’s not for me. “I love you” will not cross my lips, and rings will make me flee. But every once a while I find my nether regions quake a burning urge consumes my mind – my hands begin to shake! There is but one thing I can do to make myself relax: A boink! A doink! A shag! A screw! An explosive climax! Now, earlier, to find such things, My gentlemanly self would visit bars and skating rinks and brothels for my health. But jus

Jul 28, 2016
6 min

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Proposed New Exam Rules

A Brief Summary of the Proposed Exam Amendment Rules This article has been written by Megha Mehta and Radhika Goyal (Batch of 2019). There are stupid rules and then there are Law School Exam Rules. Going to the Exam Department and reasoning with them is surely one of the most traumatic experiences a Law School student has to face. However, we have the capability of changing this. The Academic Council meetings are less than a month away and the SBA has called for an open meeti

Jul 20, 2016
6 min

Open Letter for Open Hostels

Dear Student Body, On 21st July, 2016, The Student Bar Association in coordination with a couple of students will be conducting a survey asking you for your opinion on the creation of gender neutral private spaces on campus. What we are proposing is to allow girls to enter MHOR during specified visiting hours. There is a lack of gender neutral spaces on campus which often affects both men and women. For instance, the football field is inaccessible to women post 6pm. The commo

Jul 18, 2016
2 min

News Bulletin #2

NLSIU Students Caught Trespassing An emergency faculty meeting was convened by the Vice Chancellor on 19th July, 2016. As per Prof. S.V. Joga Rao, a strange phenomenon has gripped students of NLSIU. “I have not had a good night’s sleep for the past week because the Superintendent of Gnanabharti Police Station keeps calling me in the middle of the night complaining about our students. Appalling.” It seems over 20 students from Law School have been found trespassing on private

Jun 20, 2016
1 min

A Practical Guide to Dating an Avowed Left Wing Non Conformist

Nupur Raut (Batch of 2017) Those who date nonconformists often wonder How they must please their significant other. But I’ve figured one of these types out: Let me tell you how it’s to be gone about. The first thing to do is to stay away from convention (Fancy dinners are something you must never mention). Do whatever you can that’s not the norm, Find a way to not conform. Don’t gift him on his birthday, because dates are an illusion. Heck, find him a way to start a proletari

Jun 20, 2016
1 min

The Lotus Monster

Anonymous O sweet-faced, soft-eyed Medusa of steely heart We bow before thee, offering obeisance to thy wickedness Clad in unsuspecting innocence. Thy power over us is unmatched For thou could be the difference between Life and Death Pass and Fail Attendance and Shortage, yet none have Understood the caprice that governs thy bureaucrat’s mind Capable of spinning out regulations on the fly And leaving even students of the law dazed. #Poetry #nls #NationalLawSchoolofIndiaUniver

Jun 20, 2016
2 min

Love in the Time of Dissent

Vani Sharma I’m lying back on my couch, making love while the nation burns In a pixelated fire, conjured daily in news studios and fuelled by The words of errant anchors; words that the nation doesn’t want to know And would be better off silencing, really. I shift beneath him and sigh, arch my back, my eyes shut: While a woman loses face to blackness and pain I voluntarily embrace the blindness that pleasure brings. I listen not for the sounds of dissent, or the sounds of hat

Jun 18, 2016
4 min

In Re Shortsgate – 8 Things to Know Before Actually Pulling One

Anonymous. Unity is Everything – You’re nothing without your batchmates It’s a cold hard truth in most places, law school in particular. Be it vindictive teachers who just don’t give you attendance or merely a quest with the Exam Department, you’re going loco if you solo it. Moreover, in the absence of any grievance redressal system apart from the SBA (which generally follows the policy of non-intervention/mediation rather than representation), it’s going to be pretty damn ha

Jun 18, 2016
4 min

The Deviant Artist

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

Jun 17, 2016
4 min

The Legend of the Flying Kharbanda

This article was written by Spadika Jayaraj (Batch of 2016). “I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the sky” – R. Kelly, I Believe I Can Fly (1998) It was a warm summer evening in 2004. A group of young law schoolites were sitting around in a circle on Ganga terrace, doing what young law schoolites often do on Ganga terrace. It was just like any other evening, but if one looked closely, they could see that the young men had with them some interesting condiments- a fistf

Jun 17, 2016
1 min

The Princess and The ‘O’

Once upon a time and space, Lived a princess, known for her face Though she was personally proud of her mind It was convenient, as suitors were never hard to find And suitors she would always need As none could ever satisfy her greed Cinderfella, Mr. White, Aladdin all had tried But she merely moaned, purred and lied Fake it till you make it, she firmly held And so she searched for nirvana on her bed Little did she know that it was all in vain, She had been cursed by a man sh

Jun 17, 2016
1 min

Brownian Motion

vnshjj A look of horror on my face and my mouth begins to mumble I feel my heart begin to race and my footsteps start to stumble I slowly get up off my seat as my face starts turning blue My life begins to feel off-beat Forsooth! I need to poo! I rush into the nearest stall squirming with unease My pants and boxers I let fall, I unclench and release Amidst a din of gassy sounds My face begins to glow With the rhythm of machine gun rounds I reach a steady flow I squirm and str

Apr 23, 2016
4 min

Letting Be

This article is written by Aditya Singh Chawla (Batch of 2017). Some disclaimers before we proceed. ese are insights based on observations during my time here. Though I don’t know how disciplinary committees have conducted themselves in the past, or how they’re going to in the future – this is more an assessment of the concept in itself. I also recognize that my perspective is limited to MHOR and SDGM, and that the DISCO-WHOR experience is different in many ways. However, whi

Apr 21, 2016
8 min

From 19(1)(a) to a Digital NLS

This article was written by Aditya Patel (Batch of 2016). 19(1)(a), the board squeezed in between the Moot Court Hall and the Estate Officer’s cabin, has seen a visible reduction in frequency of use, being used now for general Law School notifications and for Litigation Advocacy exam schedules. However this was not always the case. 19(1)(a) In the year 2011-2012 it was the center of two controversies. The first controversy concerned the Freedometer (2011); a chart put up by t

Apr 21, 2016
4 min

Free Riding on Santa’s Sleigh

This article is written by Shikhar Garg (Batch of 2018). A string of events has led to the situation where I have a Secret Santa who is sending me rather pleasant and thoughtful gifts, without having a giftee allotted to me, essentially allowing me to free-ride the exercise. One may wonder why I’m complaining about this, and that would be a reasonable question to ask. The problem is that this makes me think of the person who is unhappily wondering why he/she has not received

Apr 21, 2016
8 min

From 19(1)(a) to a Digital NLS