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Gautam Menon
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Prof. Physics & Biology | Biophysics, epidemiology, sci-comm, climate change | Cats | Music | He/Him | Ashoka U | Lancet Comm| My views, not my employers
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    Gautam Menon
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    Jan 14, 2022
    Starting a thread with the music I like, an eclectic mix of Indian classical, world music, jazz + others. Later additions will come below [@PMenonIFPRI] Alison Brown Quartet's "Under the Five Wire" from Bluegrass Underground ... youtu.be/fUvLgx-3Rbc via @YouTube
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    Gautam Menon
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    Jul 24, 2020
    I have an epidemiology joke but it hasn't yet gone viral.
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    Karishma Kaushik, MBBS, MD, PhD, Mom
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    Jul 24, 2020
    I have a microbiology 🧫 joke, but not sure if it is ‘cultured’. 😂
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    Gautam Menon
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    Nov 19, 2023
    I thought I was imagining it, but the commentators on Star Sports seem to agree on the general silence of the Ahmedabad crowd when an Australian player played a good shot. A Chennai or Kolkata crowd would have behaved differently, and in the true spirit of the game.
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    Gautam Menon
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    Mar 2, 2022
    A recent paper by applied mathematicians from IIT Kanpur has led to some interest among news organisations and the public for its prediction of a fourth wave of COVID-19 starting June 22, 2022, reaching a peak on August 23 and ending on October 24
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    Gautam Menon
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    Apr 29, 2022
    IISER Trivandrum tops my list of prettiest Indian academic campuses
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    Gautam Menon
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    May 16, 2025
    A meaningful and compassionate use of a personal fortune. Azim Premji sets an exceptional example of philanthropy, without fuss and away from the public eye. No opulent weddings, no private zoo. He makes India proud.
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    Shashikant Kore
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    May 16, 2025
    Azim Premji Foundation to give Rs 30,000 /yr scholarship to 2.5 lakh girls from govt schools for their college education.
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    Gautam Menon
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    Feb 24, 2022
    Prof. Deepak Dhar of IISER Pune (formerly of TIFR, Mumbai) has been chosen for the Boltzmann Medal, awarded once every three years by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the IUPAP. Deepak becomes the first Indian to receive this exceptional honour.
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    Gautam Menon
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    Sep 30, 2023
    "SAY WHAT you like about Mussolini, he made the trains run on time. That was the famous last excuse for Fascism, conveying the idea that while dictatorship might not be very nice, at least it got things done." [Brian Cathcart, Independent, 03 April 1994]
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    The Times Of India
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    Sep 29, 2023
    #WATCH | #Washington, #DC: On the issue of minorities in #India EAM Dr #SJaishankar says "What is the test really of fair and good governance or of the balance of a society? It would be whether in terms of the amenities, the benefits, the access, the rights, do you discriminate
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    Gautam Menon
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    Nov 23, 2023
    5 1/2 years in jail without a trial? Looks like justice worked better during British rule.
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    ParanjoyGuhaThakurta
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    Nov 23, 2023
    Bhima Koregaon: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing of bail plea by Shoma Sen again newsclick.in/bhima-koregaon…
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    Gautam Menon
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    Feb 26, 2023
    I'm an alumnus and I disapprove. While I strongly favour of freedom of speech, even if disagreeable, making this an Institute Lecture sends a message of tacit support to the message. This needn't have been done.
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    IIT Kanpur
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    Feb 24, 2023
    DoRD #IITKanpur, is organizing an institute lecture on 'Harvard vs IIT's'. Speakers Mr. Rajiv Malhotra and Ms. Vijaya Viswanathan will discuss the attack on IITs emanating in USA on the basis that they privilege Brahmins and oppress Dalits and minorities. #lecture #IIT
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    Gautam Menon
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    Apr 17, 2021
    "States are not facing a shortage of COVID vaccines, but there is a demand-supply mismatch." (Bibek Debroy) --- We have enough ICU beds - it's just that people are lying on them (Me)
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    Gautam Menon
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    May 2, 2021
    Very simply, the best article I've read in a while on these matters.
    The Big Question: Can India Find a Way Out of Its Covid Nightmare?
    From bloomberg.com
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    Gautam Menon
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    Dec 14, 2024
    I'm no economist, but I suspect that growth that makes only an infinitesimal fraction of billionaires even more staggeringly rich would also be 'immoral'?
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    Prof. Shamika Ravi
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    Dec 14, 2024
    At this stage of India’s growth, any talk of “de-growth” ( regardless of the motivation: inequality, climate etc.) is not only poor economic logic - but also immoral - given our average standard of living.
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    Gautam Menon
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    Jun 4, 2021
    I'd like to organize a symposium on "Why do governments hide data". No, seriously, I'd like to know what the calculation is here. I have a long list of people I'd like to invite to it. It would be a high-profile event.