My Life at Thiruvananthapuram Women's College
"Women’s college-il admission kittalle” (please don’t let me get admission to Women's college), I prayed during my SSLC (10th grade) days. When friends talked about all the freedom they would enjoy in college, and made fun plans like cutting classes and going to movies, I knew that the only way I could enjoy college life was if I didn't go to Women's. "What was at Women's?" you may ask - but it was more of a "who" that was at Women's - my mother!! My Mom was a professor at the Maharaja’s College for Women in Thiruvananthapuram, popularly known as Women's college, at the time, and I knew that I would never be able to have any fun under her nose. But of course, my prayers went unanswered and I ended up at Women’s for PDC (11th and 12th)!! The first class on my first day at Women’s was Physics. The professor, Jayaprakash sir walked into the class, greeted everyone and then asked, "Who is Deepthi?" I slowly stood up, wondering w...