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Help and Be Helped, or, How My PhD Advisor Harassed Me Mentally

I am a 29-year-old guy who has suffered and survived mental harassment at the hands of his PhD advisor. I joined a reputed PhD program in the United States in 2015, with high hopes and ample drive to become a formidable scientist. Alas, I found out the hard way that hopes and drive are notContinue reading “Help and Be Helped, or, How My PhD Advisor Harassed Me Mentally”

How the soundscape of colonialism changed through the centuries

The soundscape in the age of colonialism was defined by new sounds heard by colonisers and natives for the first time, the voice and noise of dissent and protest, propaganda broadcasts over the radio, revolutionary speeches, patriotic music, and sloganeering, among others. Sound became a source and expression of rebellion, the announcement of a culturalContinue reading “How the soundscape of colonialism changed through the centuries”

Historical and Cultural Influences on Louis Kahn’s Architecture

For some reason, I recently ended up reading the Wikipedia page of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), India. I have never visited the institute, so I wasn’t quite familiar with its architecture but the brickwork I saw in photographs looked eerily similar to the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where I received myContinue reading “Historical and Cultural Influences on Louis Kahn’s Architecture”