Saturday, 10 October 2015

Summer of '15

THIS IS A DRAFT AND NOT COMPLETE YET


As the tradition dictates, it is time to write about my (mis)doings of summer of '15. Looking back it seems to be the most peaceful and enlightening one, perhaps the best of all. It is true that every summer I went to place or two, enjoyed delicacies, did some math, met new people, and read a lot of novels, and these were the things that brought joy, which did not happen this summer, which cannot be blamed entirely on me (if one counts people not selecting you). This summer was different, it was a grown up summer, one spent leisurely, without traveling, without many novels, without good food and without much math although I would have to qualify each of these assertions. Going back to the start, I was supposed to go to AFS 2 which was being held in IISER TVM but could/did not owing to the objection of Steven. Thence I started reading bits and pieces of esoteric subjects like algebraic geometry, galois cohomology and logic, although I would not dare say I learnt much or even a reasonable amount. Summer was characterized by long sleeping hours and trying, without much success, to follow a schedule. I must say that I watched a lot of movies, on crime, on science fiction, on absolutely nothing and on many other things. My friends and me decided to organise a logic seminar to collectively learn some logic and we pretty much did nicely which was one productive thing this summer. The peaceful summer days filled with hot air and long hours of sunlight were simply amazing in that there was no one to bother me and I had trained my mind to ride guilt free. I happened to read Kafka on the shore by Murakami and it, filled with magical realism, captured imagination and provided an escape to fantasyland, which was a nice thing to happen.

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