First day in the court #MyInternTheory

I first started working in a law firm before my final results were out. My company employed me just based on my earlier results and fortunately the company was just besides my house. It took me barely 15 minutes travel time while most of my friends were placed in the suburban areas which used to take them 2-3 hours to travel back and forth. I considered myself lucky at that time but I knew that it wouldn't be an easy job as I had worked before in an office but never had experience with legal cases. It was the first time and I was quite nervous too.


First day in the court:


I remember this day till now as that day it was the first ever time I entered the court. My legs were shivering as I walked in and I could see police men and criminals with hand cuffs walked in and out of the court room. I had prepared myself for this day and my boss too had made me prepare all the necessary documents that would be required.


As the judge entered the courtroom, we all stood up and greeted him and he then ordered everyone to take our seat. I just kept looking at him and shaking my legs in nervousness. My boss got up and then the hearing started. It was a criminal case where a man was caught for theft and my boss was the defence lawyer. He asked me for the papers and I quickly passed the same so that he could submit papers to prove the person innocent. He kept presenting proofs that made the judge agree with him and release the person who was charged for theft. I was so happy to see that my boss won the case and this was a great experience to witness what I would need to do when I become a lawyer. I saw the client thank my boss and my boss turned to me and congratulated me too for helping him in the case.


I feel that it is always a first time when we start working and it's necessary that we have a proper mentor and I was lucky in this case. My boss was the perfect person who could help me to while I was an intern and I kept watching him fight cases, I used to gain more knowledge. I had made notes of all the facts that would be useful when I finally would start fighting my cases and these notes came handy to me when I actually started working as a Lawyer.

I’m sharing my first internship experience for the #MyInternTheory activity at BlogAdda in association with Intern Theory.

Law Student #MyInternTheory

I was a student of Government Law College, Mumbai. Attendance was compulsory but the atmosphere was calm. We were a group of friends and we used to attend lectures regularly and during breaks, we used to go to the canteen. After college, we used to go out to a nearby cafe and hangout with friends. The cafeteria was just opposite the college and was crowded with all students who used to sit there and bunk lectures. We used to also plan our study schedule while chatting and this group study helped us a lot before our internship began. We used to read books in the library and follow regular cases from time to time depending on what topic we have chosen and then argue on different points as well. This was like our pre-internship phase where we actually started learning about the real world and getting to know the complexity of our job.

Before I actually joined a law firm, I was asked to take up mock cases and they were cases dealing with strong topics like molestation cases, robbery, half-murder cases and this was because I had chosen Criminal Law and had an interest as the same. The papers that were sent to me as reference were actual legal cases and I had to read the points given as a defense and had to make a note of it. Each case was different from the other and I had to thoroughly study these cases before joining the firm. It was a part of my internship program as well and these all studies would help me in my job as well. It was a very tough thing to do as many cases were such which were still on hold and incomplete. Every month, the firm made me submit my thesis and I used to get nervous to do so as sometimes my study also was incomplete. They used to review my work and have a discussion about the points I did not understand. My employer was quite cooperative and hence it was easier for me to understand my mistakes and the cases as well.

I can say that internship is not as easy as it sounds but it is a phase of our life where  we can afford to make mistake as it's a learning phase of ours. It's a training that we get before we actual enter the professional world and hence for every student, the internship program may be for 3-6 months depending on how fast we learn.




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Holi changes colors and relationships too

I was 25 then and I used to work in the Court. My daily routine was pretty boring and I used to get exhausted after working for 9 hours in the court and 5 hours in another office. I used to work under a strict lawyer who was my boss and she used always scold me for my mistakes due to which I used to call her "Khadoos" in my mind and used to even get scared of her as he used to give me my salary. He used to never give me a leave and hence I had to go everyday to the office.
Holi Day (aka Holiday):

It was Holi that day and as usual I had to go to the court. Since the court had a black and white theme so that we can get clients and hence that day too I had to wear a white salwar suit and go to court. There was no crowd on the road as almost all office people must have taken a leave on this day to avoid getting colored by strangers. I managed to escape a balloon that was struck at me through the window of the bus and it was really frustrating as I had to reach the court and I couldn't afford to get another scolding from my boss. I reached the court in 45 minutes and it was already late. I rushed upstairs and opened the cabin to find nobody there and I was shocked as my boss used to always reach before time and she had never been late to work. I kept my bag on the sofa and turned to leave only to be stopped by my boss who was smiling at me. I wished her Good Morning and she extended her hand and put red color on my cheeks wishing me Happy Holi. I was so surprised to see her smile for the first time and she offered me color to put on her face too. I too applied color on her face and she said "Now let's get back to work. I would have given you a holiday but tomorrow there is a very important case in court." I was amazed that she was so sweet to me and also gave me a reason to not give me a holiday. We both started working then.

This was a very special day for me as my boss whom I always considered khadoos showed me that she is only strict from outside but her heart is very soft and kind. Holi does bring colors into our lives and this Holi already proved this.

I’m pledging to #KhulKeKheloHoli this year by sharing my Holi memories atBlogAdda in association with Parachute Advansed.

Holi changes our emotions and makes us behave like kids

It was the year 2012 when I and my family had just arrived home after a 2-week holiday and Holi was the next day. We were so tired that we did not even think about the festival and wanted to rest for the next 2 days. My kids were also not in a mood to celebrate this festival but my husband went out with his friends as he wanted to meet them and spend some time with them on the occasion of Holi.
It was around 11:00 p.m. and my kids just woke up from their sleep and I continued doing the household chores. I heard a ring and I opened the door seeing that it was my husband ringing the bell. I usually check who is at the door from the peep hole as the kids start throwing color inside the house on that day and make mischief. Seeing that it's my husband, I opened the door and he smiled at me which I felt weird as that was a teasing smile of his and soon came his friends from behind holding buckets of water in their hand and in seconds the water was all over me and on the floor of my house. I was taken by a shock and I could not realize what happened a few seconds back. My husband came inside the house and put color on my face and the kids who had come outside from the bedroom hearing the sound and my scream started laughing and my husband's friends too started throwing water and color on them.

After few minutes, I got so angry watching them playing Holi inside our house but watching their fun, my anger vanished and I found atta on the table and threw it on my husband and his friends as I did not find any color in the house. We started laughing and enjoying the festival for about 30 minutes after which we closed our house and went down to enjoy the festival. My friends gave us sweets and I completely forgot to wash my hands and started eating with the same hands I kept eating and told my kids too to eat as there was no food cooked at home.

That day I realized that Holi is a festival of laughter and love and we completely forget ourselves, whether we are big or small, and we start behaving like kids. It brings us all together and we forget our angry and low moments as it's all eliminated with the water and colors.
Happy Holi!





I’m pledging to #KhulKeKheloHoli this year by sharing my Holi memories atBlogAdda in association with Parachute Advansed.



 

#MemoriesForLife When I realised the love of my sister

For my sister:
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I have an elder sister Myra who is 4 years elder to me and we are quite different from each other. Due to these differences between us, we had several arguments and fights and always my parents used to defend my sister as she was the eldest child and nobody used to stand with me. I used to expect my dad to be with me as he was more close to me but he also used to be with my sister which used to make me feel lonely as a child. I had an inferiority complex and felt unwanted when my sister used to hug my mom and dad and I used to be standing quietly in a corner wiping my tears. I felt that all my love for my parents is for my elder sister only while they don't love me as much as her and that kept hurting me for years. Even after I got married, I started maintaining a distance from her and when my parents expired, this distance grew even more.


It was last year when I felt sick at night and couldn't manage on my own. I was alone at home as my family had gone on a trip and hence I did not know whom to contact and who would help me. I tried to talk to my neighbors but they were asleep and it was too late to ask anyone for help. Being with no option available, I called up my sister and surprisingly she agreed to help me out. She came to my house at around 3:00 a.m. in a rickshaw and took me to the hospital. We stayed there for 2 hours after which we returned home. I was so weak that I couldn't even stand up and she helped me to balance myself and dropped me to my home. She stayed over at my place and took care of me all the time.




I did not know that she truly loved me and all the earlier things that used to run in my mind with regards to my sister were wrong and only a misunderstanding. She always cared for me and it was me who used to feel insecure watching the love for her in my parents eyes. I felt that she was taking away my right from me and I had always been wrong. This day made our relationship change forever and that day has been a day when I got my sister back.


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#MemoriesForLife Remembering the day when I was alone

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My cousin's name is Marie and today with the help of HDFC's memories of life activity, I want to thank her for always being there for me. I and my cousin were of the same age group and we were very close to each other. She used to call me "Lusie" and I used to call her "Mai" and we used to keep playing with each other all day. She got married when she was barely 18 and after her marriage, we lost touch and got busy in our own lives.


When I shifted to the building where my cousin Marie was staying, we were still friends as before but things had changed and we were parents of kids then. We did not get much time to spend with each other but whenever we spent time together, we used to only talk about our families and kids. We were also not so close as we were before and this might be because we were so busy in our own life and we both had so many problems with regards to our financial position that we couldn't get time to talk about our own life.


It was years later when one day I had problems with my family and I stayed alone at home while my kids were with their grand parents. I was feeling too lonely and it was then when Marie came up to me and we spoke to each other for hours. We did not talk about our family or kids but we spoke about those moments we experienced during our childhood and that made me feel so much better. She then invited me for her son's birthday party and I was not in a mood to attend any function as I was already feeling very low due to the events that had taken place in my life. She gave me courage and insisted that I attend the party and to not disappoint her, I attended the function. She and her husband treated me so well that I forgot all my worries and this moment got captured as one of the most special moments in my entire life. I cannot ever forgive her gesture and care she showed towards me when my own family did not support me and for this I am short of words to thank her.
Thank you Marie for whatever you have done for me. For you it must just be a small invite but for me it was a reason for me to feel happy and this would be stored forever in my bank of memories.


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Promises and Wishes this Women's Day #Sadasexy

Talking about Ranveer's ad about the #Sadasexy promise he makes for his lady love Deepika Padukone, I have two more wishes listed here which I want my husband to promise me this Women's day. My husband has always given me a comfortable life and the things I've needed have been given to me every time.


Accompany me while shopping:


This is the problem with every husband that they just hate to accompany their wives while shopping and same is the case with my husband. He feels that I waste a lot of time in shopping and take hours to choose dresses. I am actually very choosy and when I don't get my desired dress for an occasion, I need to check atleast 5-10 shops and that too I don't search a lot and choose from just 1 mall but my husband gets irritated as it takes 2-3 hours to search one dress and he doesn't have patience at all. It is the same case when I got for vegetable shopping and he just doesn't like all this and makes me go out with my sister or other relatives. I feel upset as I want to choose dresses taking into account his opinion as well but he never tries to understand this fact. This is hence my third wish that he should accompany me while shopping and help me choose my dresses, jewelry and other household products as I don't like to buy it without him.



Stop admiring Deepika:


In this advertisement, Ranveer is shown promising his better half few things on this women's day but the coincidence is that my husband too is a huge admirer of Deepika and Ranveer. Along with having a hair cut like Ranveer, my husband loves to watch Deepika on screen and ever since her first movie "Om Shanti Om" released, he has become a die hard fan of hers. He keeps forcing the entire family to go for every movie of Deepika and attend the first day first show. He takes a special off to attend this movie and I feel jealous that he admires Deepika more than me. It is an obvious feeling as he too gets jealous when I praise a male actor and hence this time I want him to promise that he will stop admiring the lady and only admire his wife.



This women's day, I'll make sure that my husband reads this wishes and fulfils his for his better half. This is really a fun activity for all men and I wish the same for other wives too.



I’m blogging about the kasams I want from my man this Women’s Day with the #SadaSexy activity at BlogAdda in association with Set Wet.