Day 1 (31st December) Finally it is the last day of 2018. It is time for the last post and put this blog to sleep, but not before recapping my best moments My monthly columns on a variety of cutting edge topics from Artificial Photosynthesis to Virtual Reality. They can be accessed HERE . My two bylines in The Hindu Sunday Magazine: Tharangambadi Restoration Deepanjali Lamp Museum They say a picture is equal to thousand words. I posted a picture every single day of the year on Instagram. Here are the Top Nine That wraps up 2018 and this blog. Thanks for reading.
Day 2 (30th December) With just 2 days left in the year, it is a good time for some introspection. Taught 2 full fledged courses this year, in 2 different colleges for one semester each. Not my first teaching experience, but doing a full course with responsibilities of assessment was new. Some lectures were 2 hours long and holding the attention of students was a challenge. I didn't use PowerPoint much, relying on chalk and board more often. About 70 hours of lectures in the year. My rough estimate is 8 hours of preparation for every hour of lecture. I had to learn what I taught. This was both enjoyable and stressful. I taught by telling stories and using analogies. I didn't rely as much on standard text books as on the Internet and my own experience. There were some troubling moments when I felt like throwing in the towel. I always put ethics before knowledge and minced no words about it. For 2019, I have already backed out from one of the courses and remain undecided ...