Open Letter
A thank you letter to Tim Hunt
EIC June 22, 2015Thank you, Tim Hunt. Thank you for successfully outlining the key feelings I have long held about what’s been holding back my scientific pursuits. In his progressive and insightful words to young science journalists at a recent conference, Hunt, a Nobel Prize winning British scientist, said what has needed to be expressed for a long time regarding women in science: “you fall in love with them, they fall in love with you, and when you criticize them, they cry.” Never have I felt so suddenly spellbound by a man I have never met in person. His words were sincere and…
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HUMOUR: An open letter to the people convocating this semester
EIC June 22, 2015First off, congratulations are in order for the class of 2015. You did it, graduates. You deserve it after four to 10 (or more) years of extraneous brain exercises. We undergraduates are so proud of every single one of you…
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An open letter to the person who stole my bookbag
EIC March 19, 2013Dear sir or madam, Before I begin, may I be the first to thank you for stealing my book bag? While your act of thievery was neither cunning nor daring, I must thank you nonetheless for taking my bag…
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