Journal 2022- July to December

Hobbies, activities, experiences, pandemic, lockdown, journaling, food. Classes, exams, webinars, new city, wave, podcasting, books etc.

Welcome to my journal series. This article series is about sharing my thoughts, ideas, my experiences and giving shoutouts to those who helped me and were part of my journey. This article is especially for those who care about me and support me.

I know that this article will be read by those who are close to me, care about me and are there for me without any second thoughts. I also give a recap of all the major articles I wrote, and exactly why I chose that topic.

My last journal stopped at

July

It was mid-way through my vacation cum internship. I was anxious as well as enjoying it at the same time. In the daytime, I used to wake up late and do binge watching of OTT shows at night. I did my internship in the meantime. In the first week, I published an article on the Abortion debate post the Roe vs Wade overturning.

As a birthday gift, I got a new phone- M3 Poco from my parents. It is the best phone I have possessed till now. It was also worth the price. My old phone was in a dying state hence I had to start using it immediately. We had something exciting with our car coming up for the weekend. Hence, I had to take the car to and fro from the service centre which was highly adventurous as well as tiring.

On July 4th, ASWIN SHANIL had come home and we did an offline podcast for the first time which went on great. After the same, we went to Shenoys, one of our favourite food stops nearby for chaat and pav bhaji. On July 8th our good friend Nebu Titus Thomas visited us after a year. This time we went to our favourite hangout spot- Meltyway Kochi.

On the 9th our family set out for a road trip to Coimbatore early morning. En route, we stopped in Palakkad town for the famous Kalpathy temple followed by breakfast at my mother’s friend’s house. By afternoon we arrived at Coimbatore city and set for the Isha Foundation Centre located on the outskirts of the city. The roads in the city and suburbs were horrible and the traffic was also highly unorganised.

It was slightly drizzling in Isha. We visited the famous Shiva statute, and various buildings before going to the food court, where tried chaats, twisters, and some snacks. The entire centre premises was beautiful with breathtaking scenery, well maintained, organised and also had a massive crowd. We also had ample car parking and a lavish number of food joints.

Post our snacks we left for the inner temple and meditation centre which was a highly peaceful and calm place. In the evening we wanted to reach back to the city and find a place to stay that night. We arrived in the heart of the city, nearby the railway station, on the narrow road we found a decent hotel, parked our car and got freshened up to go out to explore the nightlife. The hotel managers were Malayalis, from my own state hence we got a good deal for the night. This was the first time I drove more than 300km in a day that too crossing the state border.

We decided not to take our car out. We tried sometime to book auto online but the attempt failed. Taking an auto in India is like getting scammed willingly. We reached the most sought-after place- Brookfield Mall by auto which charged us immensely. We spend time roaming around and selecting some dresses. We had to wrap up our sightseeing and have dinner.

We reached Aryas restaurant where we ordered a mix of South and North Indian dishes which turned out to be really good and pocket friendly. The best part of the place was, it was exactly opposite the railway station which had an engine model and a national flag flying so high. After wrapping up, we came back to the hotel and we were done for the day.

Early in the morning on the 10th, we woke up and found that we have complimentary breakfast available for us. We got ready and went to the rooftop for the same. We had a typical South Indian breakfast Idly, Pongal, Sambar, two types of chutney and tea, the best way to start the day. We had to check out from the hotel and proceed sightseeing. It was very tough to get the car out of the hotel parking.

I handed over the control of the vehicle to my father to drive now. We visited the most iconic must-visit places in the city- G D Naidu Science and Car Museum. There were vintage cars, luxurious cars, new-age cars, limousines, and a lot more which was mind-blowing. Similarly, the science museum had a lot of science-related exhibits, tools, machines, engineering-related demos, gadgets, and much more. This is a must-visit place.

Due to my non-availability on that day, I could not attend the engagement of my friend Ema Arun despite her invitation, and I congratulate her for the same.

After the museum, we went to Pothys a famous retail clothing store in South India for buying dresses for our upcoming family functions. It was a massive shopping spree followed by a visit to the shopping mall in the same building. After shopping it was late and we stopped for lunch cum snacks where we ordered Dosas.

By evening we started back our journey home. My father drove to Thrissur outskirts until I drove back home. It was a great two days that too by car which was always on my list. Now I am going to increase the kilometres I will drive for the road trip and will plan the destination accordingly.

By this time the notification for our class reopening date was fixed and it was the 25th of the Month. On the 11th, my buddy Kavith Viswanath visited me at home. It was great meeting him after a long time. On the 13th I released the podcast we recorded earlier.

On the 14th, ASWIN SHANIL and I were invited to chair the DISEC Committee for SAPS MUN in Kanjirapally in the Kottayam district. So early in the morning, I started early by metro to Petta, the last stop from where he picked me up in the car and in less than an hour we reached the School. For breakfast, we ate Appam and Veg curry from K R Bakes.

It was great meeting Safal and Martin the two gems of the Kerala MUN circuit as well as our hosts- Ahmad Irfaan, Joann Jacob, Nikhil, Manu and the entire team from SB. The delegates were from school and we had students from class 7 so, it was a hard time to maintain decorum yet they were energetic and enthusiastic.

We had lunch arranged from the school canteen and after the committee session, we went on an outing to a nearby waterfall. Later on, we were welcomed to stay in Ahmad’s house for the night where we kept our luggage before proceeding for the EB dinner in Calicut Kitchen in the town. I had a good biriyani for dinner.

The next day, because the committee was getting dull, I took up the USA as a guest delegate and energised the committee a bit. After that, we discussed documentation and assigned working papers to be done. After everything, we had to wrap up the function for the closing ceremony where we gave away prizes.

After the function, we went for brisk snacks on the way and came back to Petta in Kochi, and took the metro back home. I had parked my car in the parking shed for a night which was very convenient. On the 18th, my friends Sebastian James and Roshan Antony came home, after which we went for dinner at Shenoys to have a variety of Dosas. Salman K K joined us en route. We became friends because we were bus mates going to college.

Now I had less than a week to get back to Bangalore. So I had to start preparing and packing. The worst and the best part was that I had to start everything there from scratch. The only difference was that I was now more familiar with the place than before.

I missed my home so much, and I was there for close to one and a half months which was a much-needed break. I thank my family especially my mother for giving me everything that I missed in a small period of time.

Finally, on the 23rd night, I boarded my train to Bangalore and early in the morning on the 24th I got down at KSR station and boarded the bus to my college. I first went to my relatives' house nearby, had breakfast, took my luggage, got admitted to the PG and settled for a two-sharing room. Compared to the previous place, this was a downgrade but I hoped everything would be fine.

In the evening I received a call from Vivek R saying that he was available in Bangalore. He and Allen Joseph invited me over for dinner at Tenzin Kitchen and then we walked through the Forum Mall. It was nice to meet them after a break.

25th was the first day of my final year, hence I went to college after a break. The first day itself was an event with a lot of orientations, instructions and a lot more. It was all a new year with new opportunities and challenges; and most importantly new subjects. The most interesting and the best subject was International Law and that subject did justice till the end.

August

A week was already over by this time and I was slowly getting adjusted to the new setting, yet I was so sceptical of the happenings around me. Journal Review was a new academic activity we had to do every week turn by turn. That week skill departments were also allocated. Also, there were research hours which everyone took for granted. On the 7th, I published an article on Data Communication which would be very helpful for engineering students.

Next weekend I tried the sub of the day offer at Subway after a very long time. Subway is never on my family's or friends’ go-to list. Next weekend there were three holidays and practically nothing to do. On Indian Independence Day 15th August, I arranged a lunch with classmates Unnamalai and Kalpana at Pizzahut nearby.

On Thursday and Friday, our department conducted an Indo-Pacific conference which was attended by a lot of experts. By the 17th, our juniors were on campus. Till then the campus was very peaceful. Now, the number of students who have increased by at least 33%.

On the 20th I started my journey back home as my cousin was getting married that weekend and I was totally excited about that. That evening I caught a cold and arrived home early in the morning, later only to find that I had a fever as well. Hence I couldn’t do much of the function the next day. On Sunday, I also arrived at the venue very later than everyone else. I met my cousins after a long time perhaps post-pandemic for the first time settled in other parts of India and the US. Due to my illness, I had to skip two days of classes.

On the 24th, I reached Bangalore by bus and also had the opportunity to take Current Affairs Orientation for my Juniors. This was my first formal interaction with them. After that one of them, Anshuman contacted me in person with respect to the podcast and I found him really enthusiastic. He introduced me to the rest of the juniors and I established a good rapport with them as well. Hence got a lot of friends and fans. I once again had the opportunity to formally interact with them for the introduction of the department blog.

On the 29th, we had the conference with a guest from the Ministry Of External Affairs (MEA)- Amit Dasgupta who was a diplomat representing India in Australia and several countries and was articulate in several issues discussed. That weekend I published my last journal article.

31st was a holiday on account of Ganesh Chathurthi. That day I walked two km to Taza Thinde, a famous breakfast spot in Bangalore. This was the perfect way to end the month. At the end of the first month, I made up my mind to opt out of the mess food.

Sept

This month was very special for me. On the 2nd we had Lyceum Inauguration, and for that, I was in charge of documentation as well as part of the skit team. The skit came out to be so good. For a couple of days, we were engaged with the same and utilised our free time for recording the shots.

That day evening, I boarded the bus home and I was totally excited about something very interesting, ie. my first post-pandemic trip. On the 3rd evening Friday, I reached home for packing and preparing, despite my role being largely absent in the planning stage. That evening my newlywed cousin and her husband visited us. For ten days, we were on a trip and you can read the article on in-depth coverage of the same.

For the trip, I borrowed a book from the library on the basics of International Relations for my family members to read while we are travelling. During the time of the trip, I received an invitation from Anshika Paul, inviting me to GLCT MUN as the chair which made me really happy. The 8th was Onam’s main day, which ofcourse I missed due to the fact that I was on the trip

After the Rajasthan trip, I had to catch a bus back to Bangalore. For that, I had to go to the neighbouring town of Angamaly to catch the same. I came back to Bangalore on the 12th and my life was becoming normal. . When I was not in the class, my name was forwarded to the department's blog work. Hence I had to work with the faculty in charge on the same.

On the 17th it was the Talk the Bait debate competition on Taiwan Strait Crisis. I was helping my junior Shubhi with points for the event. On the event day, to my surprise, the absence of one of my classmates forced me to participate in the contest within half an hour of preparation. Juniors were dominating the competition and I was the only senior. Post-competition results were announced and I secured the second prize. This gave me a lot of attention in the first-year class.

In the subsequent week in connection with World Democracy Day, the MUNSOC club organised the Dance of Democracy, a two-stage event and one event which promotes the idea of democracy and how non-democratic states can be changed into democracies which is very thoughtful. I was mainly in charge of scoring and tallying. September was a lazy month as far as my article writing was concerned due to the trip.

In the last week of the month, we sold our old car, which only I used in the house. It was sad that I wasn’t present there at the time of selling. The good thing was that we got a very good deal on the sale. That weekend Veg Dum biriyani from Food Junction. Some important books I read during that period were Forward by Andrew Yang and The Citizen Raj by Surjith Balla. At that time, I was also working on Linear Algebra and refreshing my memory on the same.

October

In the first week of October, I came home after a month for the Pooja holidays. I came by Karnataka RTC bus due to a lack of tickets. It was a horrible journey; the bus also was hours late. I had to renew my Kochi Metro card as it was expired. I published an article on myths about the Russian Invasion of Ukraine where I felt the need to correct people who are away from the truth.

On Mahanavami day, we had to go to our ancestral home. We ordered dinner from Hotel Atharva. While attending the call one tragedy happened, my (new) phone fell down and got a crack. Because there was no ticket the next day night, I had to take the train the very next day. I published an article aimed at juniors helping them for the first semester.

After I reached Bangalore, I had a small cooking setup built there. My mother gave few initial ingredients. Then I decided to go shopping to buy a few ingredients, washing and cooking items. The next immediate week I had mid-exams, and the schedule was also highly distorted. The comparative politics exam turned out to be a bit hard while all other subjects were fairly direct. On 17th Monday, I presented for the Journal Review on Russia-China relations post-Ukrainian war.

Next week it was Diwali and hence there were a lot of holidays. But the challenge was how to manage things possibly as I would miss a couple of working days as well and even more than that I had signed up for a couple of events and engagements as well. Apart from there was a lot of confusion with the waiting list and RAC ticket. I reached home on Sunday. I published an article on my personal blog on issues in the Congress party and why it was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.

For Diwali, the as-usual festival means, going to the temple wearing new clothes. My parents and I went to our ancestral home. My brother stayed at home due to exams. As usual buddies Sebastian James and Roshan Antony wanted to go for dinner, so we went to Mallus Dhaba in Aluva. It was Roshan’s treat that night. The next day, it was a Diwali celebration at our flat where sweets were distributed. That week I was working on Graph Theory as well as preparing slides for a talk session.

On Friday 28th, I left for Trivandrum city, the capital of Kerala by train. I am going there after three long years and yes it was nice to be there after some time. When I was already on the train, I got a call from our EB in charge, Thasneem. This was very hospitable for them to arrange POCs for all EBs. Unfortunately, that day was the Ethnic day in my college and I had to give it a miss. (Refer to January to June to understand what and how it is)

My father wanted to meet me there but our calendars never matched up. I arrived at the Ridges Hotel. As I was chairing the event, I was provided with accommodation. We also had a pickup from the railway station. The dinner was from Zam Zam Palayam which we had to pay from our pocket. That night I met Secretary-General Anshika Paul for the first time. Till then we only used to interact online. At night, Aswin and Archana PremdiNesh had come to the hotel. We sat in the lobby and were discussing Geopolitics and complaining about different things around us at midnight until the hotel receptionist asked us to leave.

Saturday 29th was GLCT MUN. I got ready, had my breakfast- Idly and tea and I went to the venue in a car. When I was getting out of the car, there were swarms of photographers. I entered a hall where I was given the second row to sit. I met Martin Roy, a top MUNner in the Kerala circuit, accompanying him was Ajes P Mathew who had done a podcast with me. The college gave the vibes of a typical Kerala govt college also with a lot of political slogans and rhetoric.

After a very long opening ceremony, the committees were about to start the post-morning tea session. The venue had more OC members and Volunteers than Participants. I met my co-chair Adithya Uday for the first time after CUSAT MUN and Scribe Sivarenjinigbi for the first time. We had a small-intro session followed by an ROP session. I realised that I was the only person from a non-legal background in the room. The committee was surprisingly small considering this was a law college and the agenda was also highly technical in nature.

The lunch was very good- Fried Rice, Gobi, Fruits, Pappad, Raita and Ice-cream. In the post-lunch session, we had the unmod which is the most highlighted part of AIPPM which drew in a large crowd. In the evening, ASWIN SHANIL and Nakul came to visit us. In the evening we had a social night followed by Dinner. It was a grand one with Parota, Rice, Paneer, Gobi, and Ice-cream for dessert. Chilli egg was the best dish.

I also interacted with Aadia Nair, from NUALS, whom I felt familiar with. Talking on, I got to know that she was my school junior. At night I had a lot of chits to look into as well as start marking. The next day, I wore ethnic wear compensating for the ethnic day at college. I packed everything because we won't be coming back again and I had a train at 7 pm which I would be going from there directly.

During Breakfast I met and had a conversation with Manna, who was also from Christ, turns out that her classmate in UG is my classmate in PG. After that, we went to committee sessions and started discussions again. The second day was more lively and talked about solutions. The committee was also getting highly competitive as well contrary to yesterday.

The post-lunch session we did documentation and we the EB had a tough time deciding the prizes and prize money. By then we received the certificates and the payment before heading for the closing ceremony. The ceremony got longer than expected and I had to leave to catch my train. Gaurishankar was the driver and he dropped me at the railway station. We talked about different things and various aspects of MUN. With limited time, I made it to the train.

GLCT MUN was totally different experience and my second post-pandemic full fletched MUN. I met a lot of old and new people. I met Vaibhav Nath, the DSG and Nirmal Jeemon, Members of EB- Gautham, Martin and Ajes. Karthik Uday was there with me all throughout the conference, and he also won a prize. I realised that Kerala MUN Circuit was back on the right track, with a lot of law colleges and new institutions having their MUNs.

I also got new friends from delegates, Thejas Krishna, Kailash, Priyal, Aparna, Haridev, Gayathri, Akshaya all of them who came to my committees again. Parthav was always there in AIPPMs. Sreerag whom I met that day interacted me over the phone on a later day. Sivarenjini was so dedicated that she was keeping the time and presented her screen on both the days. Thasneem kept me in touch throughout the conference which I totally appreciate. I am thankful to both co-EBs and the GLCT MUN OC for amazing experience and hosting me.

In a hurry, I boarded the train and sat down on the seat. Suddenly, there was another familiar face sitting diagonally opposite me. It was Irfan, the brain behind TYC. I was meeting him after two and a half years. We talked a lot about legal issues, Politics, Christ, academics, MUNs, MUNSOC, the lack of interest of students in college activities, his firm, various career opportunities etc.

By then, I informed in the WhatsApp group asking delegates to respond for feedback whereby I made a lot of friends among the delegates. All of them took it seriously. A couple of the delegates I would definitely meet in future. Finally, at night, I got down at Aluva station; went back home and had dinner.

It was Monday and my last day at home. I stayed back because I was giving a talk session at my old college MEC on Computer Science Engineering and the importance of various subjects. In the afternoon, after lunch, I drove to MEC. The first thing I did was donate the books given by Roshan Antony to the library.

After that, I met my teachers and everyone in the department. The teachers were already aware of my coming and delivering the talk. Although a lot of teachers who taught me weren't there in the college anymore. At 4:30, we waited for some time to get the hall filled up. I then met Denin Paul, Hanna Salam and Tom Vempala who are part of MACS MEC in charge of the event. Sumeghspai had also come for the talk.

I met Jimmy Sir after four years, but whom I always kept in touch with. He also sat in the front row to listen to my talk. This was my first offline talk session. Mekha L introduced me and invited everyone to the session. At the start, it was a very cold response to the questions posed, but after the ice was broken, the audience got energetic and they answered a lot of questions.

By 5:45 PM, I ended my talk and people rushed out. Few of them stayed back for in-depth doubt-clearing and career advice. Even those who needed help with the selection of electives stayed back. By 6–6:15, we wrapped up a group photo. I have to thank Tom for the invitation, Denin for the poster, and other team members Sreeram Vin and Joel Joshua. I also met Navya PS who was following me on other platforms and reading my articles. I got this opportunity solely because of my articles on Medium.

At night I boarded the train to Bangalore thus ending my small break.

November

Early in the morning of 1st day of the month, I arrived in Bangalore. It was Kerala Piravi and Karnataka Rajyotsva Day. It was a very lazy day for me and I had a lot of work to finish. I published an article on the technical workings of credit cards as part of the #simplifythetech series.

The next day onwards, our paper distribution started. I scored well in Problems of IR. I did well in International Law and East and South East Asia as well but I could have performed better. The most shocking result was Comparative Politics which I was disappointed off. I got my marks changed for Central Asia and Russia as well.

For Comparative Politics, we started the USA in class. I was able to answer each and everything including micro cases, elections, states and their electoral politics.

On November 8th, I was totally excited as it was my day. It was the US mid-term elections day. Although the results would start coming in from early in the morning of the next day Indian time. Hence I slept early on the 8th to wake up early on the 9th. The elections were extremely nail-biting till the end and there was a long pause in the results being confirmed by news channels. All the polls and predictions were failing.

I had planned for a podcast on the US Mid-term elections but that couldn’t happen. I started writing an article on the same and planned to release it as soon as both House and Senate picture was clear. I was flooding my social media with US election results. Even in my free hours, I watched CNN live and the maps. Much of what we studied in the class was relevant in the practical sense.

On the 15th we had Cooperative Federalism Conference, and I was the only person who was selected from the class to attend the same. I got full-day attendance and complimentary buffet lunch from Indian Coffee House. The sessions were very informative and very much relevant. That week, I got a call from EntreMUN from IIT Bombay inviting me to their Bangalore edition of MUN on December 2 and 3.

CIA 3 was approaching as the semester was slowly coming to a close. One after the other the workload was piling up. In between, I felt sick as well. Finally, I somehow managed to complete and submit all my assignments. I published my article on the US-Mid-Term elections.

In the last week of November, my school friend Hari Krishnan visited me in Koramangala, Bangalore. Hence we were doing some food exploration in the area. For lunch, we went to Meghana Foods to have Paneer Biriyani followed by Belgian Waffle to have yummy waffles. After some time, Athul joined us, and then we had tea together and finally, we went to Fruitbae. It was my first time in Fruitbae despite it having a maximum number of outlets in Kerala.

December

Since the hangout, I was really sick with a cold and cough. I also mild fever. I was unsure how I would attend EntreMUN. Then suddenly the OC called me saying that it was postponed to January. My semester exams were near as well as my guide wanted me to submit my research paper by December 10th. It was a daunting task amidst my sickness to do all the tasks. I published my monologue podcast on the US-Midterm elections.

We had a week of holidays for studying and preparing for exams. I mostly had a weird schedule going on until on the 10th I had my first exam. All the exams were in the same order as mid seems. We got two days for International Law and East and South East Asia. For studying, I used to go to the library and spend my time. The best part of Christmas in Christ was the lighting on the campus. The library used to be thickly packed and crowded.

I was taking down International Law directly from the textbook onto my law book in July. I simplified the entire syllabus from 500 pages to less than 100 pages. I put out a digital store for those who needed it for hardly Rs 100 ($1.22). I was sure that most of them wouldn't open the textbook for months. I decided to make a full set with chapters which will be uploaded for anyone to download and refer to at a very low cost.

The Problems of the IR paper were easy, while the International law was very easy when compared to others. Central Asia was fairly direct and topical. Comparative politics was easier compared to our expectations, for the case study- January 6th Capitol Hill insurrection was asked. East and South East Asia despite two days was quite generic in nature. With that, my exams were done with.

That evening I was going back home. I didn't get the train tickets from the main city station, instead, I got them from one on the city outskirts- SMVT. But this station has a lot of specialities- it is a brand new railway station, recently inaugurated by PM Modi and is world class airport-style railway station. You will never believe that you are in an Indian Railway station. Hence, I decided to board the train from here. This also meant I had to pack food and start much earlier which meant I had only a short window for packing. Also, I was very much excited to go back home after two months.

I started pretty early from my room and headed to Majestic and from there I took the metro station to get down to Swami Vivekananda Road, on the old Madras Road. It was my first time on the Purple line which went underground as well. From there I checked for an autorickshaw for SMVT, wherein they claimed Rs 100 for merely 2km. I was shocked by this scam and I decided to walk. Most apps like Ola, and Rapido were also not working. I had close to an hour which meant time is on my side.

After some time walking, I reached the station. En route, I walked past isolated regions and slums. As expected this station was located in an isolated place which could be only reached by road. The buses are very rare as this a newly opened station. Finally, I reached the airport-style station. The exhaustion of the entire walk, metro and bus vanished in thin air. My eyes couldn’t believe this. The entire two hours exercise was totally worth it.

I must recall somehow the facilities of stations in Kerala which have proper bus stations and metro stations within 100m vicinity. In Bangalore except for the City station, we have no other choice but to get scammed especially if you are not from Bangalore.

I clicked a few pics, which I’ll add here including one on I Love Bengaluru.

The shops inside the railway station were very expensive as they should be. Even a cup of tea was costlier than an ordinary railway station. This railway station is located on the outskirts and is mainly aimed at people working in Banglore for going back to other parts of India. The IT companies are also located on the outskirts. Also, these people are willing to pay as well.

I got into the train and waited for it to start. The scope for this train to get delayed was also very less as this will exit the city sooner. On the train, I uploaded the stories of the railway station on my Instagram. Many of them believed this to be an airport and not a railway station which was quite obvious.

On the train, I got a reply from Athira and Riba who were my Engineering classmates and also happened to be on the same train. I met them and later came back to my seat to have dinner. When I slept the train was only a few minutes late while when I reached the next day the train was more than an hour late which was fine as I will reach only after sunrise.

Finally, I reached home and I relaxed a bit on the first day. In the evening my family went to Momo Street which was a newly opened street food shop that sells Momos and other Chinese food. We ate Dragon and Manchurian momos and also packed a Rice combo for the night. The food here was yummy and cheap. My cousin came from Australia, came here after three years.

The next day there was a Christmas celebration in my mother’s office. There was a family dinner there at night where we had Chole-Batture which is a classical Indian delicacy. We three later went on shopping in the Kochi city- Centre Square, and a lot of other shops for a very important function next month. On Sunday, Christmas day we went to our ancestral home where we went to Temple in the Afternoon. In the evening, we cut a cake.

On Monday, Roshan Antony and I visited the very iconic Kochi Biennale which is one of the only Biennale in Kochi as well as one of the most visited art exhibitions in India. It was great to see a lot of work mostly to do with decolonisation, post-colonialism, design, art etc. It was time-consuming and extremely tiring given sunny and humid so you will get fatigued easily. We could hardly finish one venue till evening, so we had to start early to reach back early.

ASWIN SHANIL came home that evening just to meet me for the vacation. Unlike previous times we didn't dine out.

On 30th December we heard the bad news that, my Mother’s aunt or my Late Grandmother’s sister passed away. Hence we went there at the funeral. Losing my Grandmother and her sister in a single year was a shock to my maternal family.

The next day was the last day of the year and the new year was on the doorstep. When I was supposed to be joyful, I also had to go back to Bangalore the very next day.

In a Nutshell…. This was one of my toughest and hardest years. The second half of the year was definitely quite eventful than the previous one. As I got suggestions from before as well, I did try to incorporate my mistakes as well and how I tried to overcome the same. Largely, I would say I did enjoy the year if not for the unfortunate. I do take this year as an important lesson for my life and ofcourse for you readers.

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