Amidst much fanfare, (seniors booing) we took our first step into our F1 Architecture Class. A large spacious room furnished with desks and benches in the front and drafting tables at the back. A charcoal drawing depicting the various scenes at a Kathakali fest executed by the great artist Namboothiri adorned the back of the classroom. Pieces of art contributed by the previous batches adorned the walls. I stared with admiration not once realising that this was just a preview of what I too was expected to do in the coming days. Before I get into the details let me tell you facts that you need to be well aware about architecture before enrolling for the course unlike clueless moi U need to have some drawing chops – The last time someone complimented my drawing was when I was in LKG and had drawn an orange a circle coloured using an orange crayon). Another memory of an opposite nature was when I was in my 12 th grade, when I had sketched a frog for my bio lab; my sir had stared at the