Tag: writing
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The science of art // The art of science
Welcome back, dear readers! I know it’s been a while since our previous profile. I’ve been busy living life to the fullest. But in the meantime, the world has remained full of wonderfully cool and interesting people, and I’m very excited to introduce you to the one who has caught my attention for our next…
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The biggest fan
The year was 2008 and I had just moved to Zürich with my family, having also recently become a teenager. After a month in a temporary flat, we found a charming apartment in the village of Herrliberg, situated on the Gold Coast of Lake Zürich. Contrary to all the negative stereotypes about Swiss neighbours being…
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Seven days and a lifetime
It feels fitting that I’m writing this special edition around Valentine’s Day. For the first time, this isn’t a story about one person, but two! A partnership that has lasted 51 years. Although we’re not related by blood, Indian culture has a way of filling in those gaps. And so, they’ve always been Aunty and…
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I hope he plays my favourite song
Have you ever listened to a song that felt so perfect in every way – the rhythm, the timing, the layers, the emotion – that you start to wonder if it was somehow made just for you? That’s exactly what my next interviewee has managed to do, probably not just for me, but for countless…
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Behind closed eyes
I can’t quite put my finger on the moment I met our next protagonist, but it was around 9 years ago. Somewhere between shared neuroscience departmental years and passing conversations, she became a familiar constant: thoughtful, sharp, and always working on something that felt secretly important. Her name is Özge, but in my head (and…
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The Trigger List
I hope you are ready, because this one is going to be quite different (part comedy, part philosophy, much like the subject himself)! I cannot even recall the first time I met Clément (some of my friends call him Petit Clément because we have another friend called Clément who is Grand Clément; I like to…
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Mind’s Eye Wide Shut
It is unbelievable to me that the subject of my next profile entered my life a mere 6 months ago. Her name is Clara. She came into my world as an intern in our lab, quiet at first, her desk looking bare and a little lonely. On a whim, I gave her a couple of…
Talks in Tan-dem 