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Love in a Pandemic—the Scientist and the Serviceman
  • May 14, 2020
  • 32 min

Love in a Pandemic—the Scientist and the Serviceman

In a million years, I could have never guessed that a career military man would be a match for me.
On Cairo, Change, and Staying the Same
  • Dec 30, 2019
  • 5 min

On Cairo, Change, and Staying the Same

No sooner had I landed in Cairo after four long years of absence than I discovered my watch broke.
I Got Kicked Out Of a Lab, and Three Lessons I Derived from It
  • Nov 30, 2019
  • 10 min

I Got Kicked Out Of a Lab, and Three Lessons I Derived from It

...feelings of failure are physical. I threw up my dinner that night, I could not stop crying, and my body would not stop trembling.
"Wasteful Research"? Nah.
  • Oct 23, 2019
  • 6 min

"Wasteful Research"? Nah.

Failure in research is essential. If you fear failure it could distort the way you choose projects and ultimately impede science progress.
My Daughter's Birthday Present
  • Sep 16, 2019
  • 3 min

My Daughter's Birthday Present

"As you are about to graduate from college and go into society, we’d like to give you some suggestions."
My Three Guiding Principles
  • Jun 14, 2019
  • 7 min

My Three Guiding Principles

"Distress as we may be in, we should hold more firmly to our integrity and never abandon our lofty aspiration."
Blood, Soybeans, and Change
  • Dec 15, 2018
  • 7 min

Blood, Soybeans, and Change

In February 2013, I participated in the World Soybean Research Conference in Durban, South Africa.
The Scenic River Landscape 
  • Nov 8, 2018
  • 4 min

The Scenic River Landscape 

The three of us set off from Indore for a three-hour car trip to the ancient city of Maheshwar on the Narmada riverbank.
A Patriotic Tango 
  • Oct 23, 2018
  • 6 min

A Patriotic Tango 

Idealists gather and scatter as their ideals would take them; opportunists come together but fall out during the fight for their own gain.
Who Doesn’t Fall After the Typhoon?
  • Oct 14, 2018
  • 3 min

Who Doesn’t Fall After the Typhoon?

Why wasn’t the small plant afraid of the gale when the sturdy tree couldn’t withstand it?
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