de facto: i did what my license authority required and it took time
You seem to enjoy theoretical studies and written exams. As a suggestion, you could go to India and take all the DGCA ALTP written examinations over there as well. I am being told they are even tougher that the ones at EASA.
Though, it has been recognized as a fact, that these so called involved and expensive EASA or DGCA written exams do not produce better pilots...