Aswin Sekhar

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Non-Specialist Scientists and Doctors Should Stop Speculating About COVID-19

Vigyan Samagam, scientists, seniority, hierarchy, professional ethics, Indian Science Congress, critical method, scientific method, science news, Indian research,

Our Habit of Venerating Scientists for Their Seniority Must Stop

#MeToo, Bayesian cascade, feminism, gender bias, gendered knowledge, information cascade, Internal Complaints Committee, patriarchy, recommendation letters, research family balance, stereotypes, women in science, women in STEM, astronomy,

A Sexism Less Noticed: In Academic Recommendation Letters

The Curious Case of Lalita Ramakrishnan’s Fellowship With the Royal Society

#MeToo, #timesup, higher education, Indian Academy of Science, insa, Internal Complaints Committee, PhD students, sexism in academia, sexual harassment, Sexual harassment at the workplace, Vishakha guidelines

Indian Science’s #MeToo Moment Remains Caged in Lattice of Lopsided Relations

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Source: YouTube screengrab

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: A Man of Stellar Physics and Stellar Grace

The Perseids meteor shower over the Very Large Telescope, Chile, in August 2010. Credit: ESO/S. Guisard, CC BY 4.0

Why the Perseids Meteor Shower, Which Peaks This Time of Year, Is Awesome