• Globe of Innovation at Esplanade des Particule, 1217 Meyrin, Geneva

    French Vocabulary at CERN

    Apr 27, 2025

    I'm staying at CERN this summer (2025) as part of an HSF project! CERN, based in Geneva, is mostly French-speaking, so I thought it would be fun to keep a running list of French words I come across during my time here. I’ll keep updating it as I go! Genève -> Geneva Merci -> Thank you Bonjour ->…

  • Prayagraj Railway Station

    The story of my birth

    Jul 6, 2024

    My parents and the family My parents had a child marriage in the 1980s in rural Uttar Pradesh, India. My father was 17, and my mother was 13. Back then, you never really had a say in your own marriage. When my father turned 22, he brought my mother to live with his extended family. As usual, there…