This is the thing with NLSUI grades which I like most!

Kian is pretty fair handed, and frankly it's helpful to have someone save you from saying gratuitously stupid or nasty things that you might regret the moment you hit send. Every writer benefits from a good editor. So, the only time I ever seriously disagreed with him was when he did not note the similarity between the new SAM logo, the Ebola virus and an areloa. That was both fact-based and funny. But otherwise, I imagine writers kept occasionally offline would, like me, thank Kian at some point for saving them from themselves.

This is in line with current Delhi chatter on the issue. A number of "name" Indian law firms are DESPERATE for this kind of intervention, and engaging in the usual magical thinking that foreigners are going to invest a lot of money in them or "buy them out." Rubbish! The fact is business conditions suck badly right now, with branches of "major" Indian firms undercutting mid-level firm pricing just to get deal flow. (I'll not use any acronyms, but any Doctor Seuss fans will know who to eat green eggs and ham with).

With rates super low, little outbound investment that can't be well handled from Battery Road or some Dubai office, and a huge mismatch in domestic skills and foreign performance standards, slapping a "Baker & McKenzie" on a desi shop won't be the earth shattering moment that anyone hoped for or feared. Frankly, this is like a 67-year old virgin saying, "Yes, I'm ready." An important event, no doubt, but the market has moved on.

I don't know why but I have noticed that your writing style often matches with my one dear friend whose name starts with 'R'!

No, becasue AMSS now does not exist - it is either SAM or CAM now!