Making impossible a possibility

when I began my professional career, I feared about the time I thought I would require to become well verse with certain very basic things which has crucial role to play in the career of a litigating lawyer. Two instances, which I like to cite, would more or less highlight the reasons for the fear. Once, my senior, Raghu sir asked me to read some papers (He asks his juniors to read the case-papers while he would listen). As I started reading, I realized I could be of little help to him. I stuttered, stammered and stopped and when was about to re-start, I was asked in a very surprising tone by my senior who said, “Do you know Tamil?”. I said yes but also said I was not apt at when comes to reading, especially the drafts which are made in Tamil. The next moment he made a sarcastic comment in a very interesting tone, i.e “Dude Read Ttaaameel or else it would be difficult to practice in Madras High Court ”. He called a more experienced junior and asked her to read the papers as I left the room with such angst.

The other incident is when I was trying to read the second appeal, I was instructed not to read by senior’s brother, who is also my senior. The reason he gave for not allowing me read it was that “he himself had taken not less than two years to learn reading second appeal cases”.

Such a statement, especially who hold position as that of a senior, by him did create an impression that it was not easy to read a second appeal cases in such short span of time since at that time it was just 2 to 3 months since I began practicing. I did give up even touching the bundle, if not for the reason I was quite convinced about the difficulty involved in reading the second appeal but least to obey the instruction of him

Having said that, what I am able to do