Language, both written and spoken, is an important skill for a lawyer – tool as Lord Denning mentioned (unless you think he also belongs to a patriarchal, brahmanical caste-based society that you ought not to read-up). If you disagree with this, god bless you in your career. If you are having a heavy accent in your English, which third party will hear you ? What confidence does a client get from your accent ? Which judge will want to hear your arguments patiently ? While I understand taunting is not a good reaction, isn’t it natural ? Are all human beings (forget NLS students, forget lawyers or shining beacons of our own backward community) models of humility ? Why do you whine ? If you are sincere, you will work to get a good accent and not say ‘Take me as I am’. Even pets don’t come to us if we are not nice to them – how do you expect humans to ?

I believe you’ve been growing up in a lot of this ‘rights without duties / responsibilities / liabilities’ culture; a lot of theorists who have no skin in the game appeared to have influenced you. I also think the AIR of 333 got your head wrongly in the clouds – academic distinction is a minuscule part of one’s life and one of the most misleading as well. Akbar was an illiterate but was a genius. Babasaheb was a superb exception. Grow up as a human being first in the tradition of this great country – don’t ape the ‘rights’ culture of the West. Discharge your duties / responsibilities / liabilities – then see the debate of the enlightened past masters on the idea of ‘fairness’.