Muddle of Thoughts

How does one develop healthy narcissism?

If you want to see Two Indias, take the window seat on Vande Bharat Express from Delhi.

I have a new found respect for rituals. By appealing to authority, they convey expectations and quash disagreements.

As we grow older, life becomes less about oneself and more about people around. A relentless force coming at you hard.

Introductory paragraphs of some research papers start with starry-eyed vision for a world where the proposed method would be useful. In practice, however, the problems a method solves for turn out to be largely irrelevant. This is the angel dust of research.

Much of my PhD was driven by being married to a single tool. I want to be driven by problems and goals.

There’s no speed limit. You can just do what you want and get what you want.

I think all good barbers are good conversationalists.

Science, unlike art, does not require public validation and would still be valid in a vacuum. But, scientists are humans and the penchant for recognition cannot be separated.

The three stages of learning- I) there is so much to learn, II) everything has been done already, and III) there is so much beauty in details.

Asking for advice from an artist is as good as asking a writer what dictionary they refer to.