Guess you were working... overtime. *Cues CSI background score*

"If you want your children to read, don't tell them. Show them." Landmark, Crossword, and Starmark were my permanent hangouts. We need more Indian Bookshops, because we need to see and read more Indian books. Not that airport bookshop '5-hour fix' crap.

Building this app has been a journey. Balancing work and going indie, I’ve rewritten it four times to control its scope. I think I’ve finally reached a good stopping point—for now. Materia AR is now in the App Store #buildinpublic

Classroom teaching is now ever more important. The modality however has to change. Like I tell my students, AI will give you 'an' answer, but not necessarily 'the' answer. Teachers will need to focus on critical thinking, ethics, and accountability - the crux of higher-ed.

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'Tis but a scratch.

While there are a lot of R&D funding schemes available from Indian science bodies, timely release of results declaration and release is a problem. Delays demotivate students and faculty alike. More funding is always good, but the bottleneck needs fixing. Happy to help.

This is beautiful.

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Hello Optica - could you direct us to a direct point of contact for student chapter enquiries? We are waiting on a response for almost a month now - perhaps if we have an alternative line of enquiry it would help us immensely to move things forward. Thanks!

The most energetic neutrino ever observed just smashed into the Mediterranean and left a signal that was picked up by the K3Mnet neutrino telescope 2400m under the sea At the moment we don't really know where this neutrino came from, nor should it really be there. 🧵1/10

X is dead. Long live Twitter. Got an ad for premium subscription, prompting that my replies will be boosted and seen by more people. Talk about slippery slopes. The revolution will not only be televised, but also scripted.

It's so beautiful that I can watch it for hours.

May the 4th be with you.

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A short video of our #lightday2025 outreach activity. 'Twas fun! :) SCEE - IIT Mandi IIT Mandi youtube.com/shorts/hG34mil… Optica Anusandhan National Research Foundation