The initial fees for the CA course can be around 1 to 1.5 lakhs. This covers the registration, study material and exam fees for the foundation level.

You can learn to cook some of your favorite home dishes in your dorm kitchen. Cooking can be therapeutic and also something to share with new friends.

There are many non teaching options for Arts graduates. You can go for BA LLB and become a lawyer. You can also try journalism, advertising,event management related fields.

Heavy syllabus – The commerce syllabus is just too vast, especially accounts and economics. I’m finding it difficult to cover all the chapters and retain the information. Any tips to make effective notes and study the syllabus in a short but effective way would be really helpful

There are some deductions available under chapter VI-A which you can claim to reduce your taxable income. Some common deductions are 80C for investments up to 1.5 lakh, interest on education loans, etc. You can check all the available deductions.