My mom runs a K-8 school in India called Chiragh Grammar School. I ran it for a few months before I came to the US and am closely involved with it. Here is a video from the kindergarten morning assembly. They are singing about how they made a boat, put it in the water and […]
I saw Slumdog Millionaire yesterday and it completely wrenched my heart. I couldn’t sleep all night. I was born and brought up in India and go back every year. I am very familiar with most of the scenes that were portrayed. What shocked me was that I had become very desensitized to the whole problem […]
There is a wonderful little book by Churchill (one of my heroes) on painting. He started painting at 40 and was actually very good, winning many awards (under an assumed name). This was in addition to winning the Nobel prize for literature and being the prime minister of UK in very tough times. Way to […]
I am super ambitious. My goal for Iridescent is that it becomes a nationwide program with strong sites in New York, Silicon Valley and Los Angeles. I also believe that it difficult to suddenly wake up one day and think big. If you want to grow and scale, every little daily decision has to be […]
I work very intensely. When I was in grad school I thought I was working super hard. When I was not working on my research, I was either running, painting or doing taekwondo. And I always had this feeling of guilt that I wasn’t working on my research. Then I started Iridescent and working hard […]
I have been thinking about a way to show the range of supporting activities that enable our core program (the hands-on science courses). So I made the above sketch. I was inspired by Tufte, but I have a long way to go. I realized that especially after I came across the graphics from this amazing […]
Lately, I have been tallying our numbers to see what we did over the year and it has been exciting to see the graphs.It has also been awe-inspiring. Awe-inspiring to see so many people can come together to spend hours of thought, time, effort and sweat for the good of someone in need. I have […]
I am constantly amazed by how much one person can achieve in a super short amount of a time. All because of the huge leaps technology makes everyday. I will give you an example. On Tuesday night I decided that it was time to learn a little about advertising. I had my reservations about it […]