By Jaanu We are experiencing an interesting moment in the history of yoga as professional athletes start exploring how longevity can factor into their playing. The FIFA World Cup this summer was studded with stars who have been in the game for 20 years. Mohamed Salah represented Egypt in the Cup and put in an…

By Navin As anyone who has been on a family road trip knows, one of the most inconvenient parts of traveling the highways is having to find a restroom. Those big glass rest areas with McDonalds and Sbarros and claw game machines are great, but few and far between. Fast food spots, gas stations, travelers…

By Jaanu Lexi is a lab manager at the cancer research facility where I work in my university. It is a hectic work environment, with a very interesting conglomeration of characters milling about, each with a handful of projects which keep them almost constantly preoccupied. Lexi is no exception, ruling her little territory of junior…

By Jaanu In June, I strove to answer a question which has boggled people around the world since the F1 movie starring Brad Pitt came out in the summer of 2025: what’s the appeal of F1? Starry title showdowns amidst the fireworks and marinas of Abu Dhabi make it seem like you need money, money,…

By Navin Living in New York this summer, it hasn’t taken me long to develop subway-fluency. I travel from Manhattan to the Bronx and back each day, and also use the “silver river” (nobody calls it that) to go wherever else my adventures take me. I’ve survived the aftermath of 5 Knicks games, and feel…

By Kay I have been pondering many things lately. That is, I have been pondering whenever I get a few mins of alone time: like when I am driving,  or during early mornings as soon as I wake up, or right after I get inside my blankets just before drifting off to sleep way past…

2026 seems to be a dark time for academics in the humanities. Artificial intelligence once seemed too far-fetched to affect anybody’s career, but the sudden launch of ChatGPT opened the gates of rapidly improving large language models, which can produce a truly shocking level of error-free writing. The death knell sounded by AI has resounded…

By Jaanu Public health. To me, the COVID-19 pandemic has made the words synonymous with infection prevention and contact tracing. In reality, public health workers implement education campaigns, develop necessary preventative measures, and engage in policy work, aiming to prevent people from getting sick in the first place. Public health workers can be nutritionists, social…

By Navin Brown’s campus is full of motion: tour groups arriving, athlete scooters whizzing around, crowds of frisbee-wielding students on the main green. Yet tucked between all that movement are small pockets of stillness. One of my favorite parts of living on a college campus has been discovering quiet new places to study or relax.…

Families on the Edge highlights how poverty, social systems, and access to care shape the daily lives and struggles for stability for families facing homelessness in rural New England. Some key words that stuck with me are “grasping at straws,” “good parent,” and “striving for the ordinary”. “Grasping at straws” shows how families make difficult…

By Navin  On a family trip somewhere, perhaps Montreal or upstate New York, I decided to wax lyrical and say: “I like roads. I like how they turn.” There was a moment of confused silence as everyone turned to stare at me, before a round of raucous laughter ensued in response to that earnest declaration.…

A Very Critical Analysis of Bagger Vance  By Jaanu The Mahabharata is a Hindu epic. Like the Homeric legends, it’s full of twists and intrigue, capturing the imagination and the subconsciousness of Indians for much of known history. It’s a story widely known and, despite controversial stories within the greater epic, has many deeply meaningful…