You know the feeling you get when you haven’t eaten your favourite dish in some time. Maybe the taste buds have grown tired of it, the dish is seasonal and unavailable, or you want to explore something new. For me, this was attending meetups or giving talks at conferences.
With Covid hitting India in waves and meetups turning virtual, my motivation to present or attend gatherings took a nose dive. I lost a good chunk of my social battery with how events unfolded in my personal life too. The battery that I excessively burned out on organizing events for meetup groups and volunteering at conferences no longer existed.
So finally, when my proposal got accepted, I was excited to push myself out of my comfort zone and make the most of this opportunity. This blog serves as a log of how I revived the 2020 Vipul’s forgotten fire, the incredible conference I had and how you too can contribute to it!
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