I still find it hard (read impossible) to look at myself in the mirror in presence of another person. A part of me feels too ashamed to indulge in “self-admiration” (as if looking in a mirror meant that I was Narcissus himself). A more critical part of me has this Read more…
Hey, hi! Let’s see how good your logical skills are, shall we? Here’s a set of 4 cards: I make a claim that “odd numbered cards can only have a primary color (red, green, blue) on their flip side”. Which 2 cards would you flip to check the trueness of Read more…
This article comes to you from ward 2A of Lok Nayak Hospital, as I sit idly at the nursing station, having ticked off all the tasks I needed to complete in the ward- the umpteen samples drawn and reports entered and foley’s catheters inserted. Earlier today, I was listening to Read more…
Are you conscious? Is an ant? Is a grain of salt? Why does it matter what consciousness is? Well, for me, it is so fundamental to my existence that I feel I cannot know myself without first having thought about what consciousness is- and where does it come from, and Read more…
Before my ankle broke earlier this week, I had gotten into a pretty decent routine of getting up at 4:30 AM in the morning and going to the gym. It was by far one of the most fulfilling things I did in the day, and naturally I was super proud Read more…
(T- 57 mins) As I type this, 4 astronauts are preparing to be launched into space (if interested, look up the NASA SpaceX Crew-5 Mission). Times like these, you wonder at the beauty that is science. I’ve spent my life being fascinated by stuff like this, but that is not Read more…
I have sometimes wondered if making new music is possible anymore. Consider this- Spotify, according to recent data, maintains a database of 82 million songs. To put that into perspective, if I assume that every song is on average 2.5 mins long, I would need 390 years of non-stop listening Read more…
You might have heard Brad Pitt talk about how he has difficulty differentiating and remembering faces. He probably suffers from something termed ‘prosopagnosia‘ (don’t sweat trying to read it, it’s proso-pag-nosia), essentially ‘face blindness’. When Brad Pitt sees 2 different people, he might be able to recognize them by their Read more…
I am a firm believer of the notion that all of humanity is one. At least that is what my conscious mind believes. But then this morning, on my way to celebrate Independence Day and choosing what to wear, I felt uncomfortable wearing a white suit with green dupatta, because Read more…