April was a very dry month -- oh, I mean I had no post in my blog! Otherwise, it was a very hot month. And I was very much immersed in my work, I mean my research work. My eyes were soaring by looking at the monitor; my fingers were almost broken by writing programs; and my brain almost ceased to work. Then I took a journey to home -- a journey which was composed of a few short travels. I had to attend two marriages and a family function, and had to travel to Mangalore. All my travels were confined to the Indian west-coast, mainly within Kerala. One thing is for sure -- Chennai is hotter than Kerala and Mangalore. Indeed I was sweating in Kerala, but as soon as I got to Chennai, my body started taking bath in sweat.
Also, since I was making so many travels after a long time -- maybe, for the first time in this year, especially using the public transport system -- I felt very glad to see that the world is still out there: it exists naturally, normally, without my knowledge and involvement. It is I who is away from the world, sitting in front of a computer, in an academic environment. For me, this was a sweet reminder -- a reminder of life itself.
World, wait there for me,
I am coming to you....
Now, May is getting hotter and hotter. And I am back at my desk, looking at the monitor, sitting muddle-headed, and writing functions after functions in MATLAB.
Sandeep Palakkal
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