Basic Neurobiology course offered at NCBS Bangalore consists of 4 modules of around 6 lectures each, plus a couple of labs on electrical models of cells. Each lecture is around 90 minutes. Usually there are three lectures a week but sometimes two lectures and a tutorial or lab-session is also organized. The TA support is … Continue reading Course Review: Basic Neurobiology/Neuroscience at NCBS Bangalore
Author: Dilawar
Graduate Student at National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore.
Arithmetic and marriage
Few days ago, I read a newspaper story. On suspecting that bridegrooms is illiterate, the bride put him under an arithmetic test: "how much is 15 + 6?". And when the answer given was 17, she called off the marriage. A few childhood memories popped up. When I was a kid, my father asked me … Continue reading Arithmetic and marriage
Thinking about Languages
“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined … Continue reading Thinking about Languages
Course review: Randomness in Biology
"Randomness in Biology" is a graduate level course offered at NCBS Bangalore by Dr. Mukund Thattai. This course follows -- in spirit -- Handbook of Stochastic Methods: For Physics, Chemistry, and the Natural Sciences by Gardiner and Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry by Van Kampen. It offers a bag full of stochastic tools to … Continue reading Course review: Randomness in Biology
वो आँखे
टखनों पर रखे अपने सर को रोकते अपने कापते हाथो को, उस अँधेरे कमरे में वो आँखे देख रही है, प्रकाश की वो शिखा जो जल रही है उस केरोसीन से जो घर में अब नहीं है बचा। वेदना तो भी दया आती नहीं , देखकर उसकी दशा। जो जी रही है केवल मृत्यु के … Continue reading वो आँखे
A trip to Nellyampathy
Last week we went to Kerala for a wedding. The place of wedding was near to Palakkad. Palkkad can be a good base for further trekking. It has many lodges and costly hotels (whichever you prefer). From here, one can take a bus to Nelliampathi village. It takes approximately 2.5 hours to reach the village. … Continue reading A trip to Nellyampathy
बचपन याद आता है
मुझे बचपन याद आता है। सुबह सवेरे उठना और नहाना मंदिर में जाना और जल चढाना। पाठशाला का रास्ता, किताबे और बस्ता। मेले में गुब्बारे जलेबी पर मचलना, नहाना नहर में और इमली पर चढ़ना। खरबूजों का खेत अकसर सताता है। मुझे बचपन याद आता है। जुते खेतो में बिचरना, फिसलकर मेड से गिरना, भैय्या … Continue reading बचपन याद आता है
My affections
My affections for you are fake. May be more fake Than yours are for me. And I feel guilty. Guilt makes me feel good. For if not some love, Some humanity, In this crooked heart, I can carry.
Love and Life
Rational man wondered If there is a good reason To keep on living, Or loving? "There is none!", He proved. He was bitter and angered. "I must love and live" Today He looks convinced. Perhaps He has listened to whisper of His good-instict.
ब्लैक-बोर्ड
खिड़की से वाहर देखा, नजरे दूर तक जाती है। और छितिज पर टिक जाती है। वहा शून्यता का आभाष होता है। और वापस मैं देख लेता हूं, वही ब्लैक-बोर्ड क्लास का। जो रोज कुछ बताता है। क्या है ? क्या ज्ञात है। क्यों है , क्या अज्ञात है। -- जनबरी २०, २००६
