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The Winter session of Parliament will commence on December 4 and continue till December 22, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said . It is just a a day after the results of the five assembly elections will be announced .

In a post on X, he said the session will have 15 sittings spread over 19 days.

“Amid Amrit Kaal looking forward to discussions on legislative business and other items during the session,” he said.

Three key bills which seek to replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act are likely to be taken up for consideration during the session as the standing committee on Home has already adopted the three reports recently.

Another key bill pending in Parliament relates to the appointment of chief election commissioner and election commissioners.

I remember watching my dad's softball games. I usually didn't sit and watch the whole thing though. I used to  sit in the dugout with him. There would always be a couple bags of spitz. We never got spitz at home, so when I was at those games I would make sure to capitalize on the opportunity to indulge on the flavored sunflower seeds. I remember filling my pockets and then walking around my school (where the diamonds were), mouth full of spitz, talking with my friends or my brothers or whoever was at the game with me. I don't remember what we talked about,  but I remember the feeling of peace there were pauses in the conversation, but these were never awkward. There was no trying to figure out what my friend was thinking, and I wasn't trying to change the way I was so that my friend would think I was cool. I remember the jacket I was wearing. It was second hand. My friend’s mom gave it to my mom for me when he outgrew it. But I don’t remember ever wishing I had a cooler jacket so I could be like my friends. There wasn't a fear that if I didn't make our time together enjoyable, that my friend wouldn't want to hang out with me. There wasn't a feeling that I should open up to my friend and share my emotions or share "what I have been struggling with" There was just a childlike sense of fun and adventure that drove us to  climb on the school's roof and throw pebbles at the people who were passing by. Our only fear was that somebody would come by who didn't think it was so funny, and tell our principle or something. But this was a ball game, not school, so nobody would do a thing like that.

I don't remember if there were any girls my age at those ball games. I don't remember looking around to see if there were any girls I could talk to. I remember hanging out with my sister and her friends once in while, but then running off with my friends to go try to climb the pole that held up the tire swing. I was one of the last kids in my class to be able to climb that pole, but when I climbed it, I felt a great sense of accomplishment.