Smt. Rekha Sharma

Chairperson

National Commission for Women

It is great to know that 3rd National Essay Writing Competition on Nation and Nationalism

2019 is being organized by Amity Law School.

Nationalism is generally constructed from a masculine perspective, women’s roles are often

limited to supporting nation-building efforts through symbolic, moral and biological

reproduction. As a result of being associated with, and participating in the freedom struggle,

Indian women need to realise the importance of living life that is a need to construct the

nationalist narrative of unheard voices, goes beyond conventional sources of history such as

official and archival records. Let the women speak for themselves. Within the domestic

sphere, women's nationalist identities were continuously re-negotiated to accommodate

values of ancient Indian culture and the new Western influences.

This Essay Writing Competition on Nation and Nationalism will result in awareness amongst

women, students and professionals all over the country by giving them more confidence to

fight their problems so that their genuine issues do not go unheard. It will provide an

excellent platform to all the participants across India to come up with brain storming views

to ameliorate the conditions of women folks.

I am also confident that this Competition will immensely contribute in throwing light and

enhancing knowledge regarding the Nation’s development in all aspects.

Maj. Gen. P.K. Sharma (Retd.)

Director, Amity Law School

Greetings Young friends!!

Amity Law School is committed to serve the society not only through its formal academic

programmes but also by focussing on co-curricular and extra-curricular activities including its

extension programmes. We at ALS in addition to training the students in advocacy skills also

sensitize them towards the needs of society and the Nation. We at Amity Law School try to enhance

Legal and Social awareness of our students to achieve universal distinction.

Law being a subsidiary discipline of polity, needs to discuss the state and the nation, which is the

central theme of our political system. Keeping this in mind we have started a series of competitions

touching various socio-political and legal issues.

Nationalism and patriotism are much talked about terms in modern days. The idea of the nation-

state developed in Europe in the 14th- 15th centuries but the idea of extreme nationalism engulfed

the European nations in 18th- 19th centuries, ultimately leading to the world wars. Students need

to deliberate and discuss this growth of nationalism with its pros and cons.

It is an honour for Amity Law School Gurugram to organize the 3rd edition of essay competition in

collaboration with National Commission for Women and Legal Bites. It requires cumulative effort

and commitment of the institution and the students to make the event great success by ensuring

maximum participation. Essay Writing is an opportunity which benefits all students pursuing any

course in expanding their intellect and understanding. With a view to raise the concern for the dying

Nationalist feelings in the hearts of young minds, in this digital era, we need to encourage the

students all over the country to be a part of the competition online.

Our partners for this event, National Commission for Women, Legal Bites and Indian Lawyers

Association are playing an integral part in making this event a grand success.

I extend my best wishes to all the participants and wish everyone the very best of luck, hoping that

each one will be benefitted from this Competition.

AMITY LAW SCHOOL

The VISION of the Amity Law School is to strive to be an internationally recognized leader in

socially relevant legal research and education in India and Commonwealth States. In

pursuing its vision, the Amity Law School has as its mission, the creation and sustenance of a

research based academic environment that is grounded in values of social justice and

excellence. The values of the Amity Law School are fully aligned with those of the University

with a view to create a culture that reflects these values.

We cherish:

Academic freedom, creative and innovative thought, ethical standards and integrity,

accountability and social justice; and.

We foster:

An inquiry‐led and evidence‐based approach to creating knowledge; and

Academic citizenship, whereby we commit ourselves to harnessing our intellectual abilities

in the interest of our nation and humanity.

We recognise that:

In a resource‐constrained world where vast disparities remain, the Faculty must endeavour

to produce graduates who appreciate the importance of community engagement,

entrepreneurial endeavours and innovative actions in generating employment and

development in our local communities.

BACKGROUND

The word ‘Nation’ is derived from the Latin word ‘natio’ meaning birth or descent. On the

other hand, Nationalism is usually defined as a sentiment of a Nation but in reality, it is

more than a mere sentiment. As Lord Morley remarks, Nationalism “from instinct became

an idea, from the idea, abstract principle, then fervid prepossession; ending where it is

today in dogma whether accepted or evaded.”

Leaving aside all derivatives and definitions of the concepts of ‘Nation’ and ‘Nationalism’,

from a layman’s perspective, Nation may be defined as a conglomeration of a united band

of people with a notion of a feeling or unifying factor among them in the form of

Nationalism. In this way, Nation and Nationalism are inseparable and indestructible

concepts. One cannot be devoid of the other. On the contrary, if Nation and Nationalism get

divorced it would spell doomsday for that Nation in the form of mass anarchy and

destruction for the nationals of that Nation.

Coming specifically to our country India, the coterminous terms Nation and Nationalism are

precisely and appropriately the two terms which must bind every Indian whether

individually or collectively as nationals of this great land of ours. In this precise context, it is

worthwhile pondering, about the fact that, if we, in the comity of Nations in this world of

ours wants to march ahead as a Nation then our unifying force and identity must be Indian

Nationalism.

If we Indians cannot come under one umbrella in the form of Indian Nationalism, then it will

be a saga of ‘united we stand and divided we fall’. In this context, the unifying force for our

nationals can certainly be the fact of our Indian Nationalism. On the contrary, the dividing

lines among us in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual and in a land of religious, cultural and

racial diversity can certainly be drawn by the fissiparous tendencies of the fissiparous forces.

The bottom line is that the national development is a constructive process of engaging all

the people of the country in building political stability, social unity and economic prosperity

of the country in an all-encompassing and democratic manner. It involves all citizens in the

process of development of the nation. Thus, they have the most important role to play in

the development of our Nation.

Rules and Regulations

Eligibility

The Competition is open for all students or professionals pursuing/completed Undergraduate and Post Graduate courses in/from any recognized University across the country.

Co-authorship: up-to two authors is permitted.

Theme of the Essay:

Nation and Nationalism

Sub Themes

Classical and Liberal Nationalism

Critical Issues in Indian Politics

Nationalism over Modernity

Lack of interest of Indian Youth in joining Army

Promises: When politicians don't deliver

Borders Security: Challenges and Issues

Terrorism – A Challenge to Nationalism

Renaming India: Saffronisation of public spaces

Status of Women in Indian society

Submission Guidelines

The essay must be written in English.

The Essay should be of minimum 1500 words not exceeding more than 3000 words

(excluding footnotes).

Co-authorship of maximum two members is allowed.

No part of the essay (except the cover page) should contain any identification of the

author. Every participant will be allotted a submission code on registration.

All submissions must be original and a bonafide effort of the participants and should

not be submitted for any other purpose except the competition. Moreover any form

of plagiarism will result in disqualification of essay. LEGAL BITES reserves all rights

regarding eligibility/qualification/disqualification/publication of the submissions.

Formatting Guidelines

Font - Times New Roman; Font Size - 12

Line Spacing - 1.5; Alignment – Justified

Footnote Font Size – 10; Footnote Spacing - 1

*A confirmation mail will be sent on approval of registration.

Submission Procedure

The submission shall consist of Cover Page [containing the allotted submission code

and Title of Essay], Abstract and Essay.

An abstract should not be more than 300 words including title and keywords. The

essay should not be more than 3000 words (excluding footnotes and abstract).

Citations must strictly be in accordance with the Harvard Blue Book style (20th Ed.)

All essay are to be submitted at alshmoot2016@gmail.com in both word (doc or

docx) and PDF format with the subject titled as Title of Essay: Submission Code

All participants should strictly abide by the guidelines. Any deviance shall lead to

disqualification.

Scoring of the essay

While assessing the documents the weightage would be given as below:

Originality and clarity of the content

Quality of the analysis and research

Language and Structure of the essay

Grammar, syntax and form Copyright

All the essays submitted shall be exclusive property of Organizers.

Organizers shall be free to use the information/ views therein in any manner it

requires.

Organizers shall not be responsible for any essay(s) not received. No essay shall be

entertained if received after the deadline.

Decision of Organizers in deciding the winner(s) shall be final and binding and NO

query, correspondence etc. in this regard shall be entertained by the Organizers.

Laws of India with jurisdiction of courts at Delhi shall apply to this competition.

Note:

Essays incompatible with the above rules and conditions will not be considered.

Submission of entries to the competition implies acceptance of the above terms and

conditions by the participant(s).

Registration Fee

Single Author- Rs.500

Co-Author- Rs.800

Payment of Registration Fee

PAY via Legal Bites Portal

Single Author – Click Here to Register

Co-Author – Click Here to Register

Important Dates

Date of Release – 22nd January 2019

Last Date of Registration – 2nd February 2019

Last Date of Submission – 15th February 2019

Announcement of Result – 25th February 2019

No submission will be accepted after the last date of submission.

Awards

1st Prize – Certificate of Excellence + Memento + Cash Prize + Publication in

Magazine

2nd Prize – Certificate of Excellence + Memento + Cash Prize + Publication in

Magazine

3rd Prize – Certificate of Excellence + Memento + Cash Prize + Publication in

Magazine

Abstract of Shortlisted essays will be published in the Law Street Journal Magazine.

Certificate of Merit would be awarded to the top ten participants excluding Top three.

Certificate of Participation will be given to all the participants.

Organising Committee

National Convener: Mr. Pranshul Pathak

Faculty Convener: Dr. Prof. S.K. Tripathi

Student Convener: Himanshu Saini

Student Convener: Diksha Bali

Contact

For any further details or queries, please write to alshmoot2016@gmail.com or call –

Himanshu Saini +91 - 9643540042

Diksha Bali +91 - 9773650708

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the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 (Act No. 20 of 1990 of Govt. of India) to :

review the Constitutional and Legal safeguards for women ;

recommend remedial legislative measures ;

facilitate redressal of grievances and

advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.

In keeping with its mandate, the Commission initiated various steps to improve the status of

women and worked for their economic empowerment during the year under report. The

commission has also organized workshops/consultations, constituted expert committees on

economic empowerment of women, conducted workshops / seminars for gender awareness

and took up publicity campaign against female foeticide, violence against women etc. in

order to generate awareness in the society against these social evils.

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