I have heavy work-related anxiety. I cannot function like a normal human (I will not eat/sleep) until I complete a task my brain has assigned, no matter how impossible it is. With time, this is gradually getting better, but it occasionally pops up very few months, especially when I am burnt out due to aforementioned … Continue reading PhD Student Diary I →

It was a long week. I completed writing a report on Wednesday, and there was only one thought in my head : I needed a break. So, on Thursday, I found myself planning a weekend getaway to Bath. The appeal was immense : it had been the residence of Jane Austen for several years. I … Continue reading Showers in Bath →

Here are some of my works. Feel free to tell me what you think of them! She kissed me again last night,Until we were both wet with desireIt took me a while,To quench her thirst so wild When we were satisfied,Even though there were clothes all aroundThere we lay in bedNot a word to be … Continue reading Pomes →

She took another break from work. It was getting increasingly difficult for her to focus on anything. In mid May, her body was shivering beneath a thick coat. Her eyes hurt, her mouth was filled with blisters. None of this compared to the ordeal her mind was going through. Unanswered emails were piling up, deadlines … Continue reading Baby Wars →

It is a beautiful night. The air is crisp, and the moon is full. It is so big that even the waves of the ocean try to reach out for it. All I hear is sweet silence. There are people moving around without masks, a sight I am yet to get accustomed to. They look … Continue reading Sweet pain →

Here is another entry in my erratic journal, which is turning out to be more of an inexpensive therapy session with the best counselor in town, moi.When I was a kid, I once burnt my feet while taking steam. It was just one of those life events that occur for no apparent reason, but end … Continue reading Girl on Fire →

Dear Thatha, You left us last night. I am still finding it very hard to believe. After all, you escaped death so many times. I remember your health problems increasing severely about a decade ago. In these years, you changed so much. You had to undergo dialysis once in every two days for more than … Continue reading India’s Oil Man →

Last year, I spent some time working in a neuroscience lab. The experience was very grounding. I worked in a lab that deals with mice. More specifically, they study the development of the brain of the embryo, at various times prior to birth. Why mice, you might ask? The final goal is to understand what … Continue reading Ode to a Mother →

This post stems from an enlightening discussion I had with a budding anthropologist. I am now smitten by anthropology, and the idea of 'where we come from', or 'who we are'. We discussed matrimony, especially monogamy. These are all just theories, and discussed more from a philosophical point of view, rather than a scientific one. … Continue reading Who am I? →