Of blurred lines and tipping points
On the first of the last month I reluctantly picked up the phone to check the early morning notification. I must have been still bleary-eyed when I saw the email…
Love in the Lab
Let’s talk about love. Nothing new. It’s all around, in the air. In a scientific institute, which is as near a bio-bubble in everyday life as can be, we all…
Wandering Educators
On the 15th of July 2022 IGIB’s outreach team reached a school in the deep rural interior of the biggest state in India, Uttar Pradesh. Our aim was to ignite…
Book Review: The Monk in the Garden
Lost and Found Genius of Gregor Mendel by Robin Marantz Henig The first ever biography written about Johann Gregor Mendel, the father of Genetics, was “Life of Mendel” by the…
A Journey Towards Serenity
Cover picture credit: Bilal Ahmed Abasi Another day carving my dreams, Another day calm and serene, Make me so drowsed like I have never seen, Beauty you possess and story…
A magical journey to the God’s own country – The misty hills of Munnar
“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from cares which will not withdraw from us”…
The magic hours
Rupi Raila Water falls The idea of going on a lab trip is a thought that had been lingering in our minds for quite some time owing to the hectic…
Exploring Horizons with the Unknown
A pandemic and a not so midlife crisis made us contemplate on the possibility of taking a trip to Auli. The planning of the original Auli trip idea began in…
Review of the Netflix series, “The silent sea”
Cover picture Credit: Sangeetha K Korean shows had stood apart for their swoon-worthy Romantic dramas, and then they dropped masterpieces like Parasite, Squid Game and Hellbound, which put them in…
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
This extremely fascinating non-fictional book was first published in 1985 which has a collection of approximately 24 case studies of patients by neurologist Dr Oliver Wolf Sacks, written and presented…
Kabaadiraam
The best way to make a vacation enjoyable is to ask the locals where to go, what to eat, and so on. On our lab trip back in 2018, we…