Thank you, Poonam, for bringing rigour to the field of design education, and a sense of purpose to design practice. Feel blessed to have you as teacher in the initial stages of my design education. I have clear memory of sitting in the New Campus with Andy (Anirudh Dube) sharing the table. We were told to draw straight lines freehand. Andy and I were figuring out how to do this right. Should we move our hands slow or fast on the paper? For someone who came from a very traditional rote based education, this made sense as much as what wasn’t making sense in a place like Srishti. I thought I was skilled, and then Poonam tore my drawing sheets saying how my lines were not straight enough. Thank you for that, Poonam. Thank you for shattering the ego because as a designer we are often full of it. I have immense respect for your zeal towards design practice.