14 years. Half the duration of my existence on earth. It has been an era since I began supporting Arsenal FC and the great Le Professeur Arsene Wenger. This really has been a love story - one of my earliest ones. It would be a gross understatement to characterise this as anything but a beautiful … Continue reading How to be an Arsenal fan and not lose your ****ing mind – 10 steps
2 x 1009 Pixels
Yet another year comes to an end and with that comes the time to plan for the year ahead. I have always assumed that I am terrible at following through on resolutions. The last time I made a list of resolutions on New Year's eve was in 2015 - a list that I had made … Continue reading 2 x 1009 Pixels
26
I turn 26 today - a number that evokes mixed feelings whenever I encounter it. While being equal to the number of matches that Arsenal won en-route to glory in 2003-04, it is also associated with not-so-pleasant events like the Chennai Tsunami of 2004, the Bhuj Earthquake of 2001, and the horrific 2008 attack on … Continue reading 26
A Letter to the IUPAC President
Today, we were discussing the evolution of the Metric System. Mehak was extremely annoyed at the decision of the scientists at IUPAC to fix the length of 1 metre at its current length. She constantly asked me why they chose that particular length for the metre and not any other. I had no reason that … Continue reading A Letter to the IUPAC President
A genius can come from anywhere
I wanted to write this post a long time back, but I kept on deferring it not because of paucity of time , but because I was never in the mood to give full justice to it. Today happened to be one of those days where I felt like writing, and here I go. This … Continue reading A genius can come from anywhere
Banana leaf v/s Buffet
I have been obsessed with attending weddings ever since childhood. I really don't care about who weds whom. I don't even bother standing in a long queues just to give an envelop containing Rs. 10 n + 1 ( n belonging to the set of positive integers) . I hate posing for a photograph with … Continue reading Banana leaf v/s Buffet
The biggest tale of hypocrisy
For the past one month in school, I have become a stricter teacher than what I ever have been . I repeatedly tell the children in my class (often to their dislike) the various ways in which 'good and smart people' behave. I have given rewards for positive behavior and consequences for negative behavior , in … Continue reading The biggest tale of hypocrisy
