In response to impressions of the architectural education system and the kind of people Gita Balakrishnan came across, she mentions eminent architects who taught her at SPA or have lectured at the institution like Revathi Kamath, Nalini Takur, Charles Correa, etc. She maps the career trajectories of her peers and the path she chose after graduating. She also provides insights into the schools from then and now. In terms of representation, she mentions her role in the institutions such as the Indian Institute of Architecture (IIA) and the Council of Architecture that she took part in during her college years. She remembers attending national conventions and talks about the platform it provided for her, along with her impressions of the internal politics involved. She goes into the many activities and events she has held and participated in at various forums, as part of IIA, and across the border. She mentions the names of all the publications she worked on while she was at SPA and recalls the other names that were a part of it. 

She notes the attention or support that minority genders never received at school or in the field. She remarks that there was usually none while commenting on her impressions of it on the personal front as well. Moving on, she talks about the competition she faced in school among other women peers and in the field she currently occupied. She recalls how she set up and pursued her practice while nursing a personal medical emergency over many months, and  recounts certain anecdotal stories from the time. In conclusion, she comments on the trajectory of how her personality and attitude evolved, right from when she began setting up her practice and the relationships she developed with many eminent architects over her practice years.