Congratulations Eli and Asha
Eli. Unpredictable. Rebel. Wildcard. Firecracker of ideas. Agent of mischief. Impulsive. Eli. Eli and I were in the same cohort during my undergrads. Our first encounter was during freshers' week, at the midnight bop. The atmosphere was not great, and there was a thick air of awkwardness in the disco room, but no amount of embarrassment was sufficient to stop us from having a good time. Just the two of us, at the centre of the dance floor and no one else in a 10m periphery, spinning our limbs and heads to the rhythm of "Come On Eileen" like there's no tomorrow. Indeed a night to remember. He studied English, but that is not what he is known for. Make no mistake though, because he is no fool when it comes to the subject. Smart one he is. The notoriously stressful tripos exams of Cambridge posed zero threat to the man. Back when the world was plagued by the virus and the nature of exams was altered from the traditional closed-book format to that of the unconventional ta...