The First Charge

My intuition that something constructive is going to come my way after I return from Europe turned out to be true. It's my intention to take up teaching formally in those disciplines in which I have 'Comparative Advantage'. Now here I am answering the clarion call of my conscience to share the benefit of my knowledge in international law. John Rawls says that "well ordered people have a duty to assist burdened societies" and I felt it's my role as a teacher and a researcher to help the society become well ordered through the medium of teaching and writing. The contributions I make to ignite the young minds of students who are a part of this society will help develop a suitable culture with the main aim of attaining decent institutions for securing human rights and meeting basic needs. My days are packed with lectures about concepts of state sovereignity, prohibition of genocide and crimes against humanity, effectiveness of war crimes tribunals etc. If the criteria of humanitarinan intervention forms one part of my talks, the other part is fulfilled by building bricks for international business transactions and providing a first glance about the WTO as the organisation with the mandate to remove barriers to trade.

All these and many more related to my international law studies and research which require reasoned assesment are giving little mental space to think and write. Neverthless it is a bold challenge and whenever it is possible I would post my writings.

Epiphany:

....Develop mechanisms to promote peace and reduce the risk of war between nations...for the mentality of war breaks down inhibitions and makes men more prone to kill noncombatants as well as enemy's armed forces......

Peter Singer, 'One World: The Ethics of Globalization' (Orient Longman,2004)