'Publish Frequently or Perish' culture: How is it affecting academia?
"We've been asked to write a journal paper almost every month!" declared an academician friend of mine in frustration just a few days...
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Brishti
- Jan 5
- 3 min
The Bookmark Chronicles
For book lovers like me, who are too lazy to pressurize their brains in remembering the page number they were last reading and also hates...
Brishti
- Nov 6, 2022
- 10 min
The Lost and Fading Professions of Bengal - Part 2
Continuing from Part 1. NOTE: As I talk about the various lost and fading professions in this series, I would also like to emphasise the...
Brishti
- Oct 26, 2022
- 12 min
The Lost and Fading Professions of Bengal - Part 1
NOTE: Dear Readers, I will be posting this topic in two to three parts depending on the length of the topic as the writing progresses. As...
Brishti
- Oct 12, 2022
- 5 min
Guano - The bird excreta that almost started a World War
FAST FACTS: What made Guano so important as to almost start a World War? All of us are very well aware of the importance of fertilizers...
Brishti
- Aug 27, 2022
- 4 min
What sounds make you smile?
Would horror movies be so scary if not for the background sounds? I think all of you would have the same answer to this... A big NO!.....
Brishti
- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
Pujabarshiki Anandamela and the Child in me
'The only constant in life is change' - Some 2500 years ago, a Greek philosopher named Heraclitus said it when the idea of 'change' was...
Brishti
- Aug 5, 2022
- 6 min
The Eateries of BITS Pilani: A gastronomical trip down the memory lane
Food has the power to evoke memory, to bring people together, to transport you to other places — José Andrés Puerta In the December of...
Brishti
- Jul 16, 2022
- 10 min
Dolls of Bengal: Some stories from obscurity
‘পুতুল নেবে গো, পুতুল…। আমার এই ছোট্ট ঝুড়ি, এতে রাম রাবণ আছে দেখে যা নিজের চোখে হনুমান কেমন নাচে। এ সুযোগ পাবেনা আর, বল ভাই কি দাম দেবে-...
Brishti
- Jul 6, 2022
- 5 min
A Conversation with my Garden Squirrel
Note: You can read my previous blog, What Stories do your Kitchen Windows tell?, to understand the source of the names of the squirrels...
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