End of the year

its that time of the year again..where i get all nostalgic and remember the time gone by.. this year has its ups and downs too.. its moments .. and a lot of life defining moments.. more than any previous year gone by..
end of an era.. a life.. graduating from law school..
the beginning of a new life.. stepping into the "big bad world" called work..
end of friendships.. and a beginning to some new one's..
loving each and every moment of work.. discovering new things about myself.. learning the ropes..and finally doing something i love..
this is to a good year.. personally.. and professionally!
keeping fingers crossed all goes as planned!

Changes... again!

Someone questioned today.. do you really want to be a criminal lawyer? Without hesitation I replied a yes... But now, that I sit down to think about it, I wonder, do I really want to be.. There is no doubt about my love for criminal law.. but then, its purely fact based.. there is no law involved.. civil side has all the hard work.. criminal side.. all the techniques... There has been no woman criminal lawyer ... only public prosecutor.. ever wondered why..the answer is very simple.. in a corrupt society like ours, no work ever gets done until you keep the cops happy... and how can you as a woman do that?! Its a noteworthy question I would say... Someone today questioned my decisions... n my dreams.. and has left me in a dilemma ...

On a different note.. people you care about..don't value you.. those you don't care about.. you don't value.. its a funny world.. we're always running after that which we cant get..and brush aside what we are getting... People need to realise that and stop doing so..

After all these years.. I have finally changed.. very few things make a difference to me... But is this change temporary..or permanent... I can't say..

A Place Called Here

We all get lost once in a while, sometimes by choice, sometimes due to forces beyond our control. When we learn what it is our soul needs to learn, the path presents itself. Sometimes we see the way out but wander further and deeper despite ourselves; the fear, the anger or the sadness preventing us returning. Sometimes we prefer to be lost and wandering, sometimes it's easier. Sometimes we find our own way out. But regardless, always, we are found.

witnessing the first arguments...

there is no way to describe the feeling i felt today...

when i saw a matter i had worked on come to its conclusion..

it was like seeing your baby grow up... like a fledgling learning to fly.. 

the happiness that was felt was enormous... the satisfaction even more.. 

the judge agreeing to your line of reasoning.. 

the strategy paying off..

immense pleasure as well... 

words are too few..

i wonder how it will feel when i argue my first matter and when i get my first favourable decision!

i might just be too overwhelmed..

im waiting.. expectantly for that day..

eagerly.. hopefully.. excitedly.. 

Graduation

Back in Bangalore... for one last time...
its nice to be back.. feel a part of this place and the people.. familiar faces tend to do that to you
its a happy moment..I wish time would stop right here..

but then again there is another life back in Delhi.. that I have fallen in love with..my work..
to sacrifice one for the other..its unfair

relations change with distance.. its a fact.. no matter what one might say.. I want to try keeping it the same..but the other person has moved on.. way ahead than you knew.. and I realised only when I saw it..they don't need you any more the way they did.. but you're still stuck there.. from where you left off..

tomorrow, I graduate...
tomorrow..for one last time..I will be with you here..

First Month at Work

Its been one whole month since i began work..

I'm still to get paid..but I'm not here to whine about that.. I did take up this profession at the risk of not getting paid at all.. so that's a separate issue altogether..

this is for the one month at work.. one week as an advocate..

People often ask..how does it feel to be working.. how does it feel to be an advocate.. well, in reality it seems the same as an internship..the only difference being that now I have to be more responsible.. I no longer have the excuse of being an intern who doesn't know how things work..yeah.. i do get some leverage as I am still learning work..but still.. I am now responsible for the lives of others..

after starting work, listening to people talk of their dreams.. has given me the power to dream.. and now.. even I want to achieve something.. something big... but will I be able to??
I thought I had figured out my life... everything was planned...however all that seems to have gone haywire since I began work.. well, I've decided... I will let that be.. what is meant to be will be.. I've enjoyed my first month at work thoroughly.. Now keeping fingers crossed and hoping things will continue to go smoothly in the future..

This is to my first month at work! :)

yesterday...

lightning... thunder... rain... cool breeze... perfect weather.. hot hot coffee...

Bangalore weather.. and nags...

Law school... and a lot more