The misadventures of Tawang
The lakes of Tawang " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way " Charles Dicken's, A tale of two cities (1859) Sitting in front of my Lab computer, i could think of no better quote than this to portray the uncertain times that we live today. As colleagues and friends and mentors fight and die in the war against the Corona virus ( fancifully called SARS-nCov2), and depression and despair rob our hearts of hope, like the kiss of Dementors of Azkaban, i sit here staring at the dark pensive monsoon sky across the window of my office desk. One thing that i have learned from travellin