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Do Not Disturb !! < National Trade Symposium >

" Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations " - Thomas Gray If anything, reading the concept note, and making that revision for the umpteenth time, has ingrained this particular quote in my mind. For right reasons, I would have to say, because it is true to the hilt. I call this phase of my life as  Do Not Disturb . Why is it appropriate you ask? First thing, my demeanor itself,  over the past few weeks, gives it away. There was perhaps a hint of conscious decision in the way I carried myself around people. Conscious, because, it makes it easier on me to work that way. Focused, and absolutely no frivolous tasks or banter. But everything has its own time and place. Precisely why I ended up free beyond college hours, most of the day. Life had not stopped, changed yes, but there was still time to indulge, as always. And that is what was my first takeaway from the experience. Secondly, was what people around me complained about. Rightly So. It is never 'civil