Adv Ashwini Obulesh Seven years ago, on May 23, I started Dhwani Legal Trust. It also happens to be my birthday (Now, this seems a bit too narcissistic, but anyway). Over the years, the day has stopped feeling like just a personal milestone. It has become deeply tied to Dhwani and everything this journey has brought into my life. Sometimes I feel like I measure phases of my adulthood through Dhwani - the risks I took, the people I met, the losses, the lessons, the exhaustion,

By Adv Pooja P There are journeys that follow a straight path, predictable and undisturbed. And then there are journeys like mine marked by bruises, setbacks, reinventions and an unyielding will to rise every single time life tried to knock me down. I was not just an athlete; I was a fighter in every sense of the word. Taekwondo was not merely a sport to me; it was an identity, passion and a purpose. At an age when most are still discovering themselves, I had already begun re

Anonymous.. When I began my litigation journey it was a few months after my LLM from Azim Premji University. With my learnings from the course, I was naive to believe that I could bring in an interdisciplinary approach to litigation and put the best use of my Master’s Degree. But our Courts are most often doctrinal while approaching matters that affect the lives of people that seek justice before it. For instance, in the first matter that was assigned to me by the High Court

By Adv Archana Casmir Practicing law as a woman in a small town in Karnataka was not merely a professional choice, it was a negotiation with power. Courtrooms remain deeply male spaces, structured as much by habit as by hierarchy. We were around 10 women lawyers out of 150 lawyers, so you very well can imagine our plight and the fight. For women, entry is permitted, but ease is not. Credibility is not assumed, it is earned repeatedly. My early years in litigation were marked

By Adv Heena Verma Litigation is not just a profession it’s a test of patience, resilience and presence of mind. It’s not what you see in movies, no dramatic monologues every day, no instant justice. Most days, it’s waiting. Waiting for your matter to be called, waiting for the judge to assemble, waiting for the other side, and sometimes… just waiting for things to move at all. And as a woman in this space, you are not just learning the law you are also learning how to be tak

By Adv Misbah Shan From the earliest reaches of my memory, I have wanted to be a voice for women who believed they had none. When I first expressed my desire to become an advocate, I was met not with encouragement, but caution. Men around me urged me to choose anything but litigation warning me that it would be difficult for women to practice, as the system was built around the convenience of men. However, I did not let that deter me from pursuing what I truly wanted to. Year

By Adv. Shraddha Sunil The heading of this blog post could be a direct attack on the very belief I live by every day as a lawyer, a feminist and an advocate. While I navigate the why’s and what’s of this let me take you with me and potentially convince you why the frustration of it all is the by-product of the court system which is designed in a way where old privileged men have the power (in my opinion too much power as humanly possible) to make or break someone’s life. Forg

By Tamarra Sequeira I was seven years old the first time I heard the word ‘advocate’. It was spoken in the context of my constant need to...

By The Noisy Advocate “Hennmaklu maneyalli iroke sari”- Girls are fit to stay at home These were one of the first few words told to me by...

By B. V. Nidhishree It was Monday again. I was ready to take on the day (the week even!). I had a case before the Chief Justice, quite...

Anonymous The journey of a female lawyer is undoubtedly a bumpy ride, strewn with hurdles, juggling between family and career… despite...

By Ramya Subramaniam Women are constantly conditioned that litigation, especially commercial or criminal is not well suited for women....

By Anonymous It was one of those busy days with matters in both the Family Court and the High Court. Luckily it was a Section 13B divorce...

By Sindhu Acharya During the years of my litigation practice, my mornings were chaotic. I used to turn up to work already haggard with...

In my work as a lawyer, I meet women who carry bruises that the world cannot see (or chooses not to see). They walk into Dhwani Legal...

By Ashwini Obulesh (The first steps…) After my brief stint in the corporate law world, when I ventured into the new shores of litigation, it hit me as a fresh waft of thrill, joy, and excitement… Each day did not fail to excite! I woke up enthusiastically every morning, waiting with bated breath for the day’s exploration—dashing to my senior’s office, preparing for cases, rushing to the High Court, running in its corridors to reach different court halls, appearing before cour