ASTITVA

Of the many reasons to live, I live to see what I can see. I see my new world and ask: what do I really see ? I see a blink ...

Science by itself is devoid of emotion, and yet beautiful; however the human endeavor of science is emotional, which adds another laye...

    3pm, 15 th April 1993, summer holidays, Bangalore: Temperatures may be hovering around 36 degree C. The tarred road is almost boil...

         In the journey called ‘time’ , a driver named ‘bureaucrat’ is riding a bus called ‘policy’ . This driver is vaguely trained ...

Thomas Alva Edison was one of the greatest inventors we know about. Sometime ago, I stumbled upon a book titled THE DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS O...

John Petit-Senn told “True courage is like a kite, a contrary wind raises it higher”. To have a firm belief in something and to pursue it co...

Somebody unknown wrote: give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother yo...

To My African Friend Developing country My Dear Friend, Greetings from India ! I hope you and your family is doing well. It was h...

George Bernard Shaw said “ When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.” Yes,...

The altitude one scales in life is propelled by aptitude and sustained by attitude . Aspiration, desire and commitment are easy to say, bu...

To learn we need information. Our thinking is vastly influenced by what we are informed of, and when we are fed with a large pool of informa...

It’s been quite a while since I have written a blog. Married life and a new job @ new place are good excuses for that. Life in Pune has be...

Anger is an enemy within. This is one part of human nature we can happily mutate. In the backdrop of the recent mishap in Pune, I see the ...

1. Honesty is the best policy. Respectful science comes from ethical research.  2. If you like something, you will spend your maximum time...

Every thought is born in a quest, a delightful pursuit to understand; every thought is a peaceful conquest, guided by the reason’s com...

Eleven at night, I look at the heavens; glitter fills my sight with angles and demons. I ask a star, what’s your kind ? it tw...

I view the water beyond a picket fence, waiting for the lovely rain to commence; grayish clouds slowly emerge, bidding adieu for the...

My personal views on research in 3 countries/continents – DISCLAIMER : the list is by no means a comprehensive one India Pros: 1) ...