It started off like any other day. (Is this post starting off like any other nondescript post?) There were two exams, and tea was served in the middle of each. Nothing very remarkable. In the evening, a group of 40-odd students set off from the mess to bug their professors on Christmas eve. They sang little-practised carols, did makeshift dances and “laughed all the way” through cakes at every house. The Santa stole the show!

Let me try to remember what we sang – “Jingle bell, jingle bells, jingle all the way/ Oh what fun it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh!” Singing carols for the first time in my life… a beautiful experience!