Shubashree Desikan | சுபா
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Scribe with IIT Madras Shaastra, Translator based in Chennai. Physics PhD. Love Poetry, fiction. Views my own. https://t.co/ZhcEi6yIjM
Chennai, India
Joined November 2011
Here is a link to a short interview of Professor Subir Sachdev, Harvard University that I wrote in my blog. He talks about Spin liquids, their realisation in the lab and how the connection reaches out to the stars. https://t.co/2HP2x14TE9
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I did this interview of Subir Sachdev when he was visiting Chennai and Bangalore. Here are some excerpts from the interview. For those not in the field of condensed matter physics, Subir Sach…
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வெள்ளத்தையும் தாண்டிய மலர் நீட்டம்...
Couldn’t help sharing this. Two lotuses blooming under the watchful eyes of the Bauhinia tree behind. Thanks to @MoumantiP for pointing out that it is unusual to see two lotuses blossoming at the same time in our campus pond!
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Couldn’t help sharing this. Two lotuses blooming under the watchful eyes of the Bauhinia tree behind. Thanks to @MoumantiP for pointing out that it is unusual to see two lotuses blossoming at the same time in our campus pond!
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Thank you @ChennaiRains for the mention…
Lightning contributes to the largest number of deaths among natural disasters in India. Over the years a lot of research has been happening to reduce the number of deaths through a combination of investing on monitoring and alert system. A story in @shaastramag by my colleague
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@Shubawrite @twattergist GST ratehike threat to #handlooms From Benares to Pochampally, GST 2.0 is a death knell https://t.co/4AaDSFXLPk via @deccanherald
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Higher GST on sarees above ₹2,500 could cripple India’s handloom sector, hurting rural livelihoods and centuries-old weaving traditions. Experts warn GST 2.0 risks favouring polyester over heritage.
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On National Scientific Temper Day - we had a panel discussion on its relevance and more. The four panelists came in from different angles - the Nehruvian- Gandhian concept, DDKosambi’s view, the people’s science movement and sociology. How does one integrate these views. Watch!
Confluence and Dialogue hosted a panel discussion on the origin, background and debates around the idea of scientific temper on the Scientific Temper Day, 2025. Recording of the panel discussion is available here: https://t.co/HtID9xPKer
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I always knew Umberto Eco was an amazing writer!
Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: “It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use
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Another yeuw solution and sucking the problem by the rw authorities 'Campus Mothers' is not care. It is patriarchy and gendered exploitation https://t.co/QVStQ0le7M via @deccanherald
@Shubawrite @TruthNo_7 @twattergist
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Campus Policy Critique: IIT Kharagpur's 'Campus Mothers' plan faces criticism for promoting gendered care over professional mental health support.
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A small announcement: Orient BlackSwan has just published my monograph on freedom of expression:
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It was a great experience to chat with @Pavan_KumarGV about my life in science. Hope it connects with you science buffs.
Ep 101 with @Shubawrite In this episode, we discuss Shubashree's journey from earning a PhD in physics to building a career in science journalism. She talks about her experiences writing for The Hindu and her current role as Associate Editor at IIT Madras’ Shaastra magazine.
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I am offering a 3-credit, 30-hour course on introductory evolutionary biology on the NPTEL platform. NPTEL courses are free for anyone, anywhere in the world, but require registrations, which is open as of now. https://t.co/lDL70KzR43 Kindly spread the word.
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Had fun writing this piece for Shaastra magazine… read on.
"Stellar work" #ShaastraMagazine Subscribe Shaastra Magazine to read more about this, https://t.co/h6BN7bvqM7 Penned by @Shubawrite | IITM Shaastra, April 2025 Edition
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Newborn Loggerhead sea turtles embark on decades long journey around the sargasso sea... they find their way back to familiar feeding spots. How does this work? read on...
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Newborn loggerhead turtles purposefully venture out to sea. Their voyage to adulthood is through the ocean. How do they know what exactly to do? Would you be more that surprised if a new born baby …
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Would you like to know what the “Astronomy of Festivals” is all about? Watch tomorrow on YouTube.
MSc announces "The Astronomy of Festivals" by Sushan Konar (Ashoka University and NCRA-TIFR) on 29 March 2025, 3:30pm. Join online:
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Watch this space for more reportage on how the DESI collaboration’s observations are leading us towards a radical revamping of our model of the universe! Is Dark energy evolving or is it just not there? The next decade should reveal much of what’s unknown about the cosmos.
New data could reshape our understanding of dark energy! With upcoming datasets from space missions, cosmologists may challenge long-held theories about the universe’s expansion. Subscribe now for in-depth science insights! https://t.co/5VoASwYduh
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Masaki Kashiwara of Kyoto University gets the Abel Prize - the most prestigious award in mathematics, given for lifetime achievement - though the Fields Medal is called the Nobel prize of math, it is the Abel prize which is so, because the FM is for a single piece of work…
The 2025 Abel Prize is awarded to Masaki Kashiwara, a Japanese mathematician from Kyoto University, on March 26, 2025. He receives this prestigious award, often called the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics," for his groundbreaking work in algebraic analysis and representation theory.
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