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What was your favorite subject in school?

I was never the model student nor did I have any favorite subject in school. In fact, my school days are mostly a blur of painful memories. I hated going to school. The sight of children in uniforms, their bags weighed down with books, reminds me of lines of prisoners. The rigid routine, the never-ending rulesit felt like a constant battle. As an Army officer’s child, I moved around a lot. In my first ten years, I attended five different schools. The constant uprooting meant I never had the chance to settle, and coupled with the teachers I encounteredsome downright terriblemy school years became something I wished to forget. But there was one thing that saved me: my love for reading. While I may not have thrived in the classroom, the world of books was my escape. Every new academic year, I would tear through my English reader as soon… What was your favorite subject in school?

clear glass ball on brown soil-three years from now

What will your life be like in three years?

If our world manages to survive the next three years without succumbing to World War III, I have some plans in mind. In three years, I hope to bid farewell to Mumbai and settle permanently in my beloved Kerala. Ideally, my son will be married and well-established by then. I also wish that many of my more difficult relatives will have moved on to the next chapter of lifeor at least be too frail to cause me any trouble. And Yes, I am hoping for world peace and progress in tackling climate change. If those dreams don’t come true, I will be putting in an application for a one-way trip to Mars!