Hari's Corner
Humour, comics, tech, law, software, reviews, essays, articles and HOWTOs intermingled with random philosophy now and thenபாரம்பரிய அறிவும், அறிவுசார் சொத்துரிமைச் சட்டமும்
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Hari
Posted on Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 10:41 IST (last updated: Sat, Mar 5, 2011 @ 10:45 IST)
Who is he?
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Posted on Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 13:33 IST (last updated: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 @ 13:40 IST)
Just a random cartoon I drew today with Inkscape. I have no idea what I wanted to draw when I started, but ended up drawing this old man in a bathrobe kind of attire. I know, I know... I'm a bit bored at the moment.
வீண் பேச்சால் விபரீதம்
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Posted on Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 15:58 IST (last updated: Sat, Feb 19, 2011 @ 10:51 IST)
- கருத்துக்களாக தோற்றம் அளித்த்தாலும், ஒருவர் மீது தவறாகவோ, ஆதாரமில்லாமலோ ஒரு குற்றப்பழியை சுமத்தினால் அது அவதூறுதான்.
- அவதூறை உண்டாக்கவில்லை என்றாலும், அதை பரப்பினாலோ பரப்புவதற்கு உதவியாக இருந்தாலோ, அவ்வாறு பரப்புபவர்கள் சட்டப்படி அந்த அவதூறுக்கு பொருப்பாகிவிடுவர்.
- நாம் பேச கடமைப்பட்டுள்ள போது பேசாமல் இருந்தாலோ; கண்களாலோ, கைகளாலோ, செயல்களாலோ, மற்ற குறிப்புகளாலோ ஒரு விஷயத்தை தெரிவிக்கும்பொழுதும் அவதூறை உண்டாக்க முடியும்.
- உண்மை.
- பொது நலம் கருதி நல்லெண்ணத்தில் கூறுவது.
- நல்லெண்ணத்தில் பொது அதிகாரியின் நடவடிக்கைகளை கண்டிப்பது.
- நீதிமன்ற நடவடிக்கைளைப் பற்றி உண்மையான செய்திகளை தெரிவிப்பது.
- நடந்து முடிந்த நீதிமன்ற வழக்கைப்பற்றி அறிவார்ந்த கருத்துக்களை தெரிவிப்பது.
- சட்டப்படி அதிகாரம் உடைய நபரிடம் ஒருவர் மீது நல்லெண்ணத்தில் புகார் கொடுப்பது.
- சட்டப்படி கடமைக்கு உட்பட்டு ஒருவர் மீது நல்லெண்ணத்தில் விசாரணை செய்வது.
A new look - sitewide
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Hari
Posted on Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 11:25 IST (last updated: Tue, Feb 8, 2011 @ 11:25 IST)
How eez it?? Rajnikanth
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Posted on Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 10:37 IST (last updated: Sun, Feb 6, 2011 @ 10:38 IST)
Law and paperwork go together like bread and butter
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Posted on Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 21:28 IST (last updated: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 @ 21:28 IST)
If you're used to seeing lawyers only in the movies, or you are otherwise (very) badly misinformed about the legal profession, you might very well imagine that the average lawyer spends most of his time standing up in court and delivering passionate speeches to the jury or taking up cudgels with witnesses, the other party or the judge in a highly charged up atmosphere. Of course, most people know better. The movies make a mockery of the law and the legal profession.
Fact is, 80% of a lawyer's work is done in the sedate and sterile atmosphere of an office room pecking away at computer keyboards (in a bygone era, at typewriters). Paperwork and preparation is so important in a lawyer's work that it's role cannot be exaggerated. A lawyer who feels aversion to paperwork has obviously chosen the wrong profession.
Even if all the crime went out of the world and people stopping fighting each other in courts over their private disputes, there would still be work for lawyers so long as law, rules and regulations exist. Organizations employ the best legal minds not just to deal with their legal problems but also with everyday statutory and governmental regulatory compliance and requirements and ensuring that their work falls within the bounds of law. A lot of administrative work in both private corporations and governments is done through lawyers and bureaucrats. In fact, a lawyer is just a more specialized bureaucrat in certain positions. And as everybody knows, bureaucracy means paperwork. You just cannot avoid it.
I am not sure whether the myriad laws, rules, regulations, by-laws and administrative procedures were created specifically to provide gainful employment for a larger staff of lawyers/bureaucrats in government offices or it was just a natural historical development, but it is clearly a reality in this day and age in spite of computerization and simplification of many administrative tasks. Paper just won't go away soon, especially in a developing nation like India, and lay people will always have to fill up numerous official forms and sign declarations to get work done.
Part of the job satisfaction of the legal profession is knowing that you have successfully navigated the tortuous waters of bureaucracy and red tape successfully where lesser mortals would have quailed.