Apurva Rathod

Why do ppl wear pants. Salwars are the most comfortable. They aren't firm against your skin anywhere except at the nada. They don't tear at the crotch cuz they are loose everywhere, they don't get pulled at the knees when you bend your legs. You can workout in them. Compared to pants, they are more creatively and smartly stitched. They balloon around your legs and so they are even more comfortable than palazzos and palazzos have more of a possibility of tearing at the crotch than salwar. Not even harem pants are that comfy cuz they are firm at the ankles. You can only feel salwar touching your skin and not 'pressing' anywhere. But salwar won't provide protection to the knees if you are pressing them to the floor in a workout. Unless the salwar is thick if that's possible, I guess it is..? But wait, those samurai pants are also loose. Okay, salwars may not be the best, I don't know all the kinds of bottoms there have been.

Staying at home. I miss going to college. One just can't interact online on the same level that one would, offline. You can't pass someone in the hallway and start talking to them. You can't casually greet and exchange a few words with acquaintances when you come across them. There isn't the same kind of chaos and liveliness on online meets as there is in classrooms. This is my first year and an entire semester has passed but I still don't feel much of a bond with my classmates. The sharing of stuff, roaming around, yelling across the classroom to answer someone, the spontaneous jokes, there is none of that. Moreover, we missed out on college trips that would have happened if there wasn't a lockdown.  College fests are happening but where is the nervous excitement, where are the colourful crowds?