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It's a day for celebration and reflection. I officially complete a decade at IISER Pune. This marks another interesting milestone: this ...

We know Harivansh Rai Bachchan to be among the most distinguished and prolific poets in the 20th century.  Although he primarily wrote in Hi...

I recently had three conversations: each was with an academic at different career stages. The first conversation was with someone who is con...

We all have been coping with several work-life balance issues during the pandemic. While people have to balance their professional and home ...

Several years ago , I started my first faculty position. Like many others in this position, I faced a wide variety of situations for the fir...

This is a quick update to share my piece in The Hindu today . Many thanks to Prasad Ravindranath for the opportunity to write for The Hind...

  “ Young, very enthusiastic, naïve, slightly tense students arrived when it was pouring [rain] in 2006 ….  It was a tough task as a war...