As I stepped out of my office building, having walked a yard or two towards the gate, I saw a well dressed boy coming towards me. Despite my thinking wires drawing numerous connections during those few seconds, I failed to recognize him. “I saw you; you were the commentator for the cricket match the other… Continue reading Communication Conundrums
Author: Sambit Dash
Other than teaching Biochemistry to undergraduate students of medicine i write, i research, i speak, i read...and i am passionate about these activities
Innocence Lost – How we miss teaching the heart
It is that time of the year again. Portals of education are thronged by the young. The students who enter these colleges are characterized by a gleam in their eyes, the passion to prove themselves, the apprehensions regarding a new system, the bright new clothes and clean shoes, moving around in groups, and that inimitable… Continue reading Innocence Lost – How we miss teaching the heart
Being a Judge
“The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgement.” Jiddu Krishnamurty No it’s not a philosophical piece. Well almost not. As the season of college fests, inter and intra college cultural extravaganza, food festivals, and numerous such competitions, etc., come to a close, the time is ripe to reflect upon that one… Continue reading Being a Judge
Of Weddings and such things
The last month of the year and a few of the last year could be described, for a lot of people, as ‘marriage season’. Marriage season sees people of usually a particular range-of-age getting hitched. Some of those matches pending since a long time to be made, some highly anticipated, some surprising, yet none of… Continue reading Of Weddings and such things
To Burst or not to Burst
This Deepavali saw an increase in no-cracker celebration, or at least in the noise about it. And it split people into two groups. One that advocated no-cracker diwali for various reasons, and other that believed in with-cracker diwali to be the real way to celebrate the festival. All this led to some minor skirmishes on… Continue reading To Burst or not to Burst