tantu-jaal

Tantu-jaal (Hindi) literally means a web of strings. I'm a string theorist, i.e. a physicist who does research on string theory. The blog is not going to be mainly about theoretical physics though, but about my perceptions of the complex web that is the world around us - featuring science, music, food, cinema, literature and much else. And of course, about where I live - previously Bombay, now Pune.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Non-racism is not-news

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Something about racism has been on my mind since a couple of months. Indignation was widespread when a white woman staff member at Starbuck...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Outrage vs Deterrence

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Yesterday the Delhi High Court asked the Government of India a difficult question. The context is the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 20...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Notes from Japan 3: Language

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It's hard to spend any time in Japan and not get involved, at least a little bit, with the language. Spoken Japanese is melodious and q...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Notes from Japan 2: Looking inwards

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If India became seriously rich as a result of several decades' concentrated hard work, it would look like Japan in many ways. For examp...
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Monday, August 1, 2016

Notes from Japan 1: Food and drink.

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This blog has been dormant for nearly six months. Now that I'm into the last week of a 3-month visit to Japan, I feel this is a good ti...
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Saturday, March 26, 2016

How many wrongs make a right?

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The proposition "two wrongs don't make a right" is readily accepted but I haven't met anyone who really believes it in pr...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Laughing Buddha

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I'm taking the opportunity to restart my blog while on vacation in Thailand. Each time I visit this country, I'm impressed by the r...
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