STOP ACID ATTACKS....!!

The horrid nightmare stings,
in many a sleepless night.
She shivers, she cries,
at her own sight.

With her skin, she is corroded from inside
and feels completely shattered.
Broken from within, her confidence gone,
Her life is totally tattered.

Womanhood weeps
at this brutal insanity.
It burns not only her,
but the whole of humanity.

Slowly, her tears have dried,
Gradually she steps out of her gloom.
As a spark ignites her heart,
she prepares to fight till his doom.

She glorifies the mirth of a girl,
her bravery, a slap on the devil's face.
Any heinous or evil act is a sign,
of an unsound and rotten race.

She dazzles with her boldness,
and never looked so pretty.
As the want of justice flares up,
her courage reflects her beauty.

So she shall stand tall
and shall awaken the statues of wax.
Her earnest desire is to,
just stop acid attacks.

BEING LEGAL....

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) results were announced a few days back. Almost 35,000 students from all over the country, had appeared for the exam, to compete for 1400 seats in 15 National Law Universities (NLUs).

Law, as a career option, is fast becoming popular. Jodhpur, that takes pride in being the hometown of the present Chief Justice of India, Rajendra Mal Lodha, has emerged as a law hub. The city has witnessed the rise of several law coaching institutes and many students from the city have got through excellent law colleges.

In the earlier years, Law as a career option was considered to be exclusively for the academically "backward" students. ' Jo kuch nahi kar sakta, vo law karta tha'. However, recent trends show that this prejudice is now fading, for many bright minds too, are going for law.

The number of students appearing for CLAT has risen dramatically since 2010. The reason for this sudden craze for Law, is the wide range of opportunities and career prospects that the field offers. 

In government jobs or in corporate law, there are really handsome packages. A degree in law is also a starting point of political career in many cases. Be it Kapil Sibbal, Ram Jethmalani, Sushma Swaraj or Digvijay Singh, all of them possess a law degree.

Students not only from Humanities, but also from Commerce and Science backgrounds are now opting for Law. In fact, 60% of the CLAT aspirants are from Commerce stream.
However, it is the subjects of Humanities, like Political Science, History, Economics, Geography, etc. that are most helpful for law aspirants. This is because these subjects provide a strong base. Political science covers most of political theory, legislation, acts, important SC judgments, constitutional parts, articles, etc. History deals with world history and Indian history in great detail. Economics covers policies, five year plans, taxes and other such things. All this makes about 75%  of the static GK asked in CLAT or other Law entrance tests. There are questions from science also but not of much weightage.

Even with our population size, 'universal legal literacy' is not impossible to achieve.

If people are aware of the law of the land, the weaker sections of the society will learn what they are entitled to, they will develop rational and logical thinking and finally, they will be able to break the prison of stereotypes and blind faiths they are confined within. Even the criminal minded rogues will fear to act illegally if people are 'legally' empowered. If the work-shirking leaders realise their responsibilities, only then can we have a developed, rational minded, educated and safe society.