Chapter 5 : Leap

Phirbo Bolle Phera Jaye Naki?

 

Everytime, every damn time!

Someday when the city has had enough of its obhimaan upon me, I would get to live and die here, and happily so!

Till then, Bye Bye my Love 

Also, Bye Bye old man, I'm sure you're smoking only half of an expensive cigar while watching sunset with Dida somewhere!

Never too late to say this,

2021, please be kind.

Mandate

 

1. What did you do in 2020 that you’ve never done before?
Travelled bidesh nijer takay
Brush of covid
Tried podcasting
Went to IITM for Job fare on the other side of the table
Watched sunset neck deep inside water
Learnt driving
Enrolled in MA

 

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions and will you make more for next year?
2020 resolution to judge less and trust more, kept, VERY MUCH!
2021 resolution, panic less maybe?

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
No, funny since 2020 was all about people producing babies :/

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

 

5. What countries did you visit?
Thailand!
So glad for a pretty decent travel list even for 2020 travel horror
Chennai, Bilaspur, Katghora, Ambikapur, Pune, Pattaya, Bangkok, Bangalore, Kolkata, Raipur, Gangani, Shantiniketan


6. What would you like to have in 2021 that you lacked in 2020?
Money, lots of it!


7. What date from 2020 will remain etched upon your memory?
Date don’t know, but winning club level humorous speech contest was truly omaze!


8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Winning Div level Humorous Speech Contest
Finishing Presidential term with 9.5 DCP
Not resigning during the extensive literal lockdown at Bangalore all alone


9. What was your biggest failure?
Java, for a long time now


10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Probable Covid? Counts?


11. What was the best thing you bought?
Sofa!


12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
S


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
Boss


14. Where did most of your money go?
Gifts


15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING


16. What song/album will always remind you of 2020?
Virah
Aisi raaton mein hamesha hoti hai mushkil


17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
1. Happier or sadder? Happier
2. Thinner or fatter? Fatter
3. Richer or poorer? Same


18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Studying


19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Lyadh


20. How did you spend Christmas?
Ate mouthful of cake at inervals, all day with Maa, met S, S and O, drank obscene amount of LIIT, did not sleep all night and left for Shantiniketan with Pdi and R before sunrise. As good as it can get, really!


21. Who did you spend most of the time on the phone with?
S. I think I have spent the entire year on phone.


22. Did you fall in love in 2020?
Okay?


23. How many one night stands in this last year?
Okay.


24. What was your favorite Tv programme?
Grey's Anatomy (AGAIN!) :D


25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
No


26. What was the best book(s) you read?
None read. Still trying to find time to finish Norwegian Woods.(A year later, exact same status, as shameful as it can get)


27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Taalpatar Shepai


28. What did you want and get?
Home for 4 months straight


29. What did you want and did not get?
Did not want anything with all my heart to be honest.


30. What were your favorite films?
96


31. What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
Could not come home, thank you office rules.
And, very very old!


32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Switch


33. What would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2020?
Oversized home clothes


34. What kept you sane?
Rants


35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Noone


36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Migrant workers during initial Covid wave.


37. Who did you miss?
Dida


38. Who was the best new person you met?
Anindita (if online meetings are a thing)


39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2020?
Stay close to home!


40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year?
Tu Rehja Dil Ke Paas Paas
Sun Kya Kehti Hai Saans Saans
Choti Si Hai Zindagi
Phir Kyun Baithi Hai Tu udas.