Latest posts by Anisha
Making room for kindness in research and academia
Research and academia seems to thrive in an unhealthy environment that leads to people developing mental health issues like imposter syndrome and anxiety. To start with, I think there is tremendous room for kindness, empathy and a greater sensitivity towards mental health and gender issues. Both wit...
Posted on 12 July 2020 | 9:09 pm
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A Party on the Champaca tree
I had written this story in 2014 for The Alternative, which has since packed up and no longer exists (or maybe lives in some strange parallel universe of the internet). We have three Champaca trees outside our house which entertains many feathered guests throughout the day. The eclectic guests vary...
Posted on 10 July 2019 | 3:10 pm
Read postMonsoon is just another word for Melancholia
There was something about manic depression that intrigued Absent-Minded Miss Monsoon very much. She was terribly moody herself and felt at home brooding and storming and thundering over something or the other. Rain approaching in Ramanagara, Bangalore So if there is news of the sea feeling particula...
Posted on 17 March 2018 | 6:13 pm
Read postMiss Monsoon Has a Flair for Drama
Miss Monsoon reached Kerala a few days ago, chuckling lightly to herself. She knew the Weather Usurers were closely watching her every move and were weak with relief that she had stuck to schedule. She enjoyed making them nervous. All of last month, her apprentices had managed to arrange for some pr...
Posted on 4 June 2017 | 12:41 pm
Read postIf Mangoes Were People
Three good things happened this summer and all of them have to do with mangoes. Thing #1: I was introduced to a new variety of mango called Imampasand. It tastes a little like Benganapalli, but is much stronger in flavour and makes my taste buds quiver and go weak in the knees. I think it has displa...
Posted on 19 May 2017 | 4:34 pm
Read postA Quest to Find an Elusive Snail
I will remember the smell of fishing harbours for a long time to come. It threatens to overwhelm at first. Then, it jostles for competition with other sensory assaults: shouts of fishermen auctioning their fish and people declaring their bids; loud colours of saris, lungis and fishing trawlers; the...
Posted on 5 February 2017 | 1:41 pm
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