Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Pe gya High Court da chaska - Private job hun kareya janda nai


At first I thought I’d put the title of this post as my facebook status – get a hundred and fifty likes – feel good about myself – and move on!
 But the fact remains that I am getting more and more partial towards my blog by the second, which I should be allowed to given that I think that my blog is my baby (like facebook is Mark Zuckerberg’s baby). So I ditched facebook and decided to write about it here - in my very own little space (even though I know that it’s not going to get me even five likes – people are surprisingly lazy to explore something new- but it’s not about the likes anymore, I guess). J
Very recently I told you about the worst feeling on my list of various feelings; it was the feeling of drowning (and also the feeling of dealing with a Govt. clerk). 
However, this post is not about that. 
It is about that heady-oh-my-god-i-cant-believe-it-took-me-24-years-to-experience-something-like-this-feeling and I figure, if you have been patient enough to hear me bitch about the stupid clerks, you have every right to share my happy-feeling too.

The happiest moment that I experience these days is WHEN I APPEAR IN A COURTROOM.

God, the thrill- don’t think of me as immodest- is orgasmic.

No matter how nervous you are before as soon as you are there at the dice everyone else changes into blurry images. It’s you at the centre stage and even though it may last for only five seconds but that sudden rush of knowing that it’s on you that the entire case rests is mind blowing. 
For that brief moment you are one of the most important persons in the court room - even though all you have to do is to seek a Passover or make a request for adjournment (fellow lawyers will know) – or may be even stand silently as the court goes about doing its business. And once you are done- the slightest look of appreciation in your-honour’s eye is more than enough to make you go- vroom.
Walking down the alleys of the High Court in your prized black robe – even if you are the one with the most simplest of the job in the entire building- makes you feel every bit worth it.

Yep! this is where I work and I couldn't be more proud of the fact.

Five years ago the word “corporate law” was so big in my dictionary that nothing else mattered. All I knew was that as and when I’d be done with law I’d move to some big city and make big bucks; That one day I would join the Honourable High Court of Punjab and Haryana to practise law – the very thought never even crossed my mind. What did I know back then that not only will I practise law but it’d be something that I’d myself choose to do? They say you are at the right kind of job if you are looking forward to the Mondays.
Well, so far so good.
Not that the High Court will stop functioning if I don’t show up but just the fact that I did something meaningfully enjoyable is more than enough to get me straight through the week.
I had heard many people say that Practising law is like ecstasy and once you are hooked to it, you are hooked for life. It is too early to say but as of now I will sign off with the following words – 

I am aware that it’d be long before the “big bucks” come in but till then I am satisfied knowing that every day at the High Court brings with it a new challenge - a new concept- a new Drama.

And here’s to a new beginning- Cheers!
Or should I say Order-Order!



12 comments:

Fatima said...

Nice post.....All the best......:)

Talitha said...

That's the High Court??
Looks pretty hippy...colours and all!
So now I know you're someone lawyerly...all fun to you with big bucks and bangs and bak bak!
Q:Are courts in India anything like those in John Grisham's books??

Stu said...

hehe if you are talking about the drama (I have not read Ghrisham in years but trying hard to remember). The High Court resembles more to his novels than what Bollywood would have us believe.

Unknown said...

Hi
Nice blog.

Unknown said...

Hi
Nice blog.

Stu said...

thanks Jay ... as always am glad u liked it

Sunil :) said...

order order
nice post :)
keep writing

Sunil :) said...

order order..
my lord :)
nice post..
keep writi..ng

Sunil :) said...

order order
yes my lord:)

nice post.. like it
keep writing..
god bless u

Sunil :) said...

order order. ys my lord:P i think dis all hapn in ur court room all d tyme jst like bollywood movies and 1 more thing tareek pe tareek :P lol

nyways nice post:) keep on writing
god bless u

Stu said...

lol thanks sunil for lots and lots of appreciation

Sunil :) said...

its ok and sorry for too many comnts..actually ur blog is private so i was nt able to see my comnts.. i thought der mst b some netwrk problem dats y it happnd..sorry:) nyways keep writing..