SHUBHANG SHARMA

Did I just grow a little?

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The overwhelm of hope, sadness and beauty

I have been CV-ing, mailing, talking to people all this week.

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Consistency and perturbations

Sticking to the februarry master’s deadline. Want to get to my pre-surgery consistency. Started working in a more organized way today - basically alternating study sessions and a 10 minute walk reset.

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The non-triviality of my academic efforts ft. Septoplasty

The surgery pushed me to the rock bottom of my physical capacity to bear things and do things! I never had such a painful event before and such a daunting recovery curve. It’s been 2 weeks since the surgery now, and I have had many thoughts in that time.

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On Career, meaning and social change Part II

I have indeed tried to do something about a few things. I tried to represent the UG Physics students, and work towards some change. And I have given a lot of energy to it. But soon, I had to prioritize my own health and backed off. Of course, NISER wasn’t a place where such things were conducive.

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On Career, meaning and social change Part I

All my life up until this instant, career is the only thing I was supposed to work toward. A career which provides. All the narratives I ever heard from the society I have been part of is to get a good job and settle. Not a thing about how meaningful or contributing to the public it is. In this blog, I uncover some of my inclinations towards a meaningful career, and analyze different nuances associated with background in science, especially in abstract math and theoretical physics.

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Personality, Character and Health

Honestly, it’s not just that our mental healths are tending towards abnormal, it’s also the expectation of how normal it should be. Everyday we are all tested towards how productive we are, how hard we work to land our jobs, and how quickly we recover from things that perturb us.

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In making.

Almost every thing I want to do is in making, or rather in learning. I am learning to fold, learning to code js for web, learning algebra, analysis, topology, learning to understand social structures better, and what not. This is an interesting stage I am in. I am building myself. And it will take at least an year to reap some fruit out of this and get a place in this world! But as usual, imma try enjoying this process. Respecting this phase, also like a stranger, and standing still when I feel lost – for, the forest knows where I am…

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The first IRCTC parcel experience

The parcel service provided by IRCTC is too good to be true. It’s just the ground level staff that messes up the whole game – probably just like every other case of a good government scheme. I just graduated (yay!) from NISER and had to move some stuff away from Bhubaneswar to home – my 29T cycle, lots of books on pscyhology, math and physics, and Indian Philosophy. The following is a report of the whole story.

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Plumbing hat

Occasionally in one of the bathrooms of my parents’ house, there is a stinky sewage odor. My sister has been trying ways to get rid of it, and even called a plumber last week. However, the timing of the plumber was out of the odor one, and he indicated no problem with the drain hole. He asked about the vent – it’s channeled to the terrace of the apartment and our flat is on the first floor, so ruled out. He also noted that there are water in the drain hole and that means, no smell/gas can enter.

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Doing everything right...

A realization that I can choose to go slow and also be ambitious

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Learning to appreciate the nights

… and also mornings… the actual title I wanted to give was Mornings are awesome too!

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An atheist's visit to Hindu Monasteries

Dad and I travelled to Sringeri Math and Udupi math last week. More than 5 years ago, my parents had planned to get my Upanayana done in Sringeri Math but ended up doing it at the Mantralayam Math. But they prayed that I shall seek darshan from the Sringeri peethadipathi after the Upanayana. So that was the motivation for the trip. And we covered beautiful places surrounding these places - beaches and a waterfall. I had quite a nice time thinking about various aspects of Hindu Philosophy, Science and Nature. While I share my thoughts which arose during the trip it’s good to cover some history of Hindu/Indian Philosophy on the go.

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Post Compuslive Slow Down

It was the last week of the seemingly low-key month of an year, September. But behold the beautiful sunshine! I had just watched a brilliant video on our indulgence in compulsions (imposed mainly by the marketing industry backed by the current notions of economic development) rather than what we really want to do. It was also during this time, that I had resumed playing Valorant after almost 3 years and also started watching a new web series on Netflix.

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