Inlaks Scholarship Won Me My LLM Degree!
When Pinki Anand applied for an LLM in the late 70s, she had made up her mind that she would not put any 
financial strain on her businessman father. Taking an education loan wasn't an option in those days.
Though she was hopeful, she wasn't dead certain. Inlaks was make-or-break thing for her because it could pave the way for higher studies at her dream institution. Harvard University.
"At Harvard, they not only focus on academics but on overall education. They also expose you to open book system during the exams. This exposure to a variety of situations makes you ready for any contingency. You develop a power to analyse, to question, to generate ideas and to discuss them," says Anand.
After this eye-opener education, she felt empowered. No wonder that after returning to India in 1982, she had developed the courage to abandon her assistanceship with a senior advocate in just six months. That time, she didn't have a sound clientele to fall back upon, nor did she have a legal mentor in the family. At the outset, she had to face some dry patches but, thanks to her fortitude, never felt a vacuum. Having spent three decades in the legal arena, she has now emerged as a name to reckon with.
Though she is too modest to call herself successful even now, but feels delighted when she narrates a "life-changing" court case wherein she, as a young lawyer, appeared against LM Singhvi - a senior advocate of considerable repute and eventually won.
Source: HT Horizons
Date: 11th February, 2011
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