What's it really like to do a PhD? There are lots of books of the 'how to' variety for organising yourself, dealing with supervisors, and writing papers and theses. But what about the emotional journey? What about the changes to your health, your social life, and your relationships with those closest to you? What about all the mistakes you make while trying to figure things out? And what if you're not sure about life as an academic, what then?Researcher and writer ...

What good is a superstitious scientist?For Krishna Kumar, what starts as a harmless superstition sparks a journey that no scientist could have predicted.Aged 12, Krishna is recognised as a child prodigy and gets a prestigious scholarship to St. Sebastian’s, a Himalayan boarding school, uprooting him from his Bombay home. There, he discovers his gift for physics and an all-consuming superstitious streak that he believes helps his academic career. A PhD schol...

What's it really like to do a PhD? There are lots of books of the 'how to' variety for organising yourself, dealing with supervisors, and writing papers and theses. But what about the emotional journey? What about the changes to your health, your social life, and your relationships with those closest to you? What about all the mistakes you make while trying to figure things out? And what if you're not sure about life as an academic, what then?Researcher and writer ...

If you had just one moment to flee, would you take it?After years of being boxed in an abusive relationship with a man who claims to love her, a young academic has one fleeting moment to run. Set in Rouen, France, the story evokes the Gothic undercurrent of the ancient town as we watch events unfold over a few days.This short story was first published in Litro Magazine in November 2011.

If you had just one moment to flee, would you take it?After years of being boxed in an abusive relationship with a man who claims to love her, a young academic has one fleeting moment to run. Set in Rouen, France, the story evokes the Gothic undercurrent of the ancient town as we watch events unfold over a few days.This short story was first published in Litro Magazine in November 2011.