P a g e | 1 “ There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.” -Derek Jeter P a g e | 2 TEAM PLAWYERED Editorial Board Gaurav Misra , Publishing Editor , Plawyered He is currently pursuing B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from Chanakya National Law University, Patna. A voracious reader and an ardent Arsenal supporter, Plawyered is his way of bringing his love for law and sports on one single platform. Tejaswini Ranjan, Managing Editor, Plawyered She is currently pursuing B.A. LL.B.(Hons.) from Chanakya National Law University, Patna. She is a sports enthusiast and a big fan of cricket. It is her love for sports that made her come up with this portal. Apart from this, she also holds the experience of working with several legal portals and research journals. Authors Somit Kumar Singh is currently pursuing law at Chanakya National Law University. 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His love for poems can be reflected through his blog. *The views expressed in the articles are solely the views of the respective authors. **The copyright of the magazine vests with www.plawyered.com . All communications are to be made at [email protected] P a g e | 4 #1 RIO OLYMPICS: THE DARKER SIDE GAURAV MISRA Image Courtesy:notey.com The Rio Olympics started off with Brazilian Economy and an attempt to much pomp and show, not in any way integrate the population. It could have lesser than any of the editions of the helped in directing a sense of unity and Modern Olympic Games, setting aside hope to reach certain national goals all the apprehensions and the with regard to infrastructure, environment of fear created by forced education and healthcare. It could evictions from the favelas, police have also been a chance for Brazil to violence and wasteful spending of the change the perception of Rio being one Government. But all is not as normal of the most violent cities of world and as it appears to be. Hosting the reduce the crime rate and take strict Olympic Games could have been a measures for its reduction. The great chance to reduce the woes of Olympic Games are more of a P a g e | 5 nightmare for Rio as a city and the appear slowly and gradually, citizens of Rio, as Rio de Janeiro is still indicating that Rio is unable to handle the city lacking basic infrastructure, the pressure. Back then, in 2009, when Educational institutions and more Rio was named the host of 2016 particularly the healthcare system. It is Olympics, the situation was altogether the city where people still die for lack different. Brazil had just become the of medical staff and wrong transfusion fifth-largest economy in the world, the methods. More than that the history of “China effect” was driving massive Rio being one of the most violent cities demand for commodities and the large in the world where gang wars take mining revenues were allowing Brazil place on a regular basis and drug to put funds into human capital. cartels thrive in the unorganized Today, Brazil faces recession which is favelas certainly speaks out that the deepest one in more than a everything is not right. Add to it the century, caused by the fall in world brutal gang rape of a teenager by 30 commodity prices and corruption men in the month of May, the picture scandals under President Dilma appears to be horrifying. Getting a Rousseff. Rio de Janeiro, is almost chance to host the Olympics is the bankrupt and it declared a “state of most coveted honour for a modern public calamity in financial metropolitan city. It is altogether administration” in June. The state different from hosting a Football world government said the crisis could cause cup which Brazil successfully did in a “total collapse in public security, 2014. We need to understand that a health, education, transport and Football world cup is spread across the environmental management.” whole Nation whereas the Olympics Olympics is much more than just a are hosted in one particular city. In the sporting event. It has a strong case of Football World Cup, the investment appeal as well. Data shows pressure and crowd is distributed that stock markets of host countries equally throughout the Nation whereas have historically generated positive in the case of the Olympics, the returns during the Olympics as well as pressure is centralized on a city, in this in the year following the event. But for Case Rio de Janeiro and the cracks P a g e | 6 a country like Brazil which is facing the Authorities tried to hide these favelas worst financial crisis, investment as they were termed ugly. This did not scenario looks grim. Six out of the go down well with the sentiments of eight countries which have hosted the people. Many favelas were Olympics since 1984 have shown controversially demolished. Favelas positive investment returns. This time are said to be the slums in Brazil and the Olympics take place in a country are generally considered squatter which is struggling with a political settlements. It is often said that the crisis so deep that most of the people real Rio resides in these settlements. are uninterested in the games, a Massive projects were initiated to scandalous corruption investigation is revitalize the South Zone, Central Rio going on and an outbreak of Zika virus and Barra da Tijuca to create an image because of which many athletes have of a city which could have been shown refused to attend the Olympics. But all to the international media and this was very uncertain and difficult to tourists. Meanwhile the people died in predict back then in 2009. But more the favelas from epidemics, drug wars than anything else, the people of Brazil and police confrontations for protests. are not at all happy, the manner in They became just the statistics. Public which the land was taken away from support for the Olympics fell the favelas for the development of drastically. A Datafolha poll showed Olympic village, and the violent that 50 percent of Brazilians opposed clashes which took place for land staging the games, double the number eviction and lack of apathy from the recorded since a similar survey was Government towards the new conducted three years ago. Brazil has “homeless” makes the people of Rio observed its per capita income fall by unhappy and discontent. One fifth of 35 % in the last five years. Although the tickets went unsold. This comes as the stadiums have been built in time , a big message. Before the city secured but the state Government has the bid for the 2016 Olympics, the completely failed in the construction of state’s response focused on upgrading metros and subways. The best of Rio is and improving the favelas. Afterwards, very different from the best of London, the situation changed drastically. as it faces comparison with a first P a g e | 7 world country. Many of the things are not siding with Rio as compared to the developed nations. In case of London Olympics, much of the infrastructure necessity was already present before handedly whereas it was altogether different in the case of Brazil. Generally before the start of a grand event like Olympics, the predictions are usually pessimistic and calamitous but in reality they are overhyped. But in the case of Rio Olympics, the situation, statistics and reality is far too scary than being just pessimistic. Olympics, as a sporting event will be a success as they have always been, but what happens afterwards is a question which has no answers for now. P a g e | 8 #2 OSCAR PISTORIOUS: THE BLADE RUNNER AND THE MURDER OF REEVA STEENKAMP APARNA ARYA & SOMIT KUMAR SINGH Image Courtesy:nbcnews.com Oscar Pistorious famously known as the Paralympic games and the Olympic the “Blade Runner” is a South African Games. After his amazing athlete. Both his legs were amputated performances in the Paralympics that at the age of 11 months due to some is winning a gold medal in 100meters medical complications. His claim to and 200meters he attempted the non- fame was that he was the first person disabled International Competition to participate and compete in the both and thus in the year 2011 he became P a g e | 9 the very first athlete who being a of the Olympics. Recently on 6th July double leg amputee had won a non- 2016 Oscar Pistorious was re- disabled track medal and to his sentenced for the death of his continuing dream run at the 2012 girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and was London Olympics, Pistorious became sentenced to 6 years of prison time for the first double-leg amputee to be part the murder of his girlfriend.