Character: Uma

Our regular playground visits which Uma loves. 2

Weekly Notes 38/2025

It was a good week. A bit hectic, but a lot got done. The weekend and the following week will be busy due to IndiaFOSS and work travels. I will be in Jaipur most of next week for work. Let me know if you are around, and we can get coffee (or your...

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Weekly Notes 37/2025

What a hectic week it has been. It was filled with a lot of pending work from last week and new work from this week. I am doing okay work-wise and otherwise, too. All of us have recovered. The business of life should return to normalcy in a couple of weeks.

Footpaths in Bengaluru are just obstacle courses 0

Weekly Notes 35/2025

My physiotherapy has shifted to strength training, and it’s going good. I’m also monitoring my diet and making a few changes. I’ve restarted breakfast with just eggs and coffee. Otherwise, I still have two meals a day, with a smaller dinner. I am also trying to use Origin Nutrition once a day. I...

Students presenting at Anveshana/2025. 0

Weekly Notes 34/2025

Today, I took time to attend Anveshana Showcase 2025 at Prayoga. The plan was initially to attend the presentations by students who were part of NMG/2025 grantees group. But then I also got to know my niece was also presenting at the same event as part of another group. Unrelated, but what a...

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Copy to Learn, Try Till You Master

I’m often surprised at how almost every action of Uma can be traced back to someone around her. She copies so easily, sometimes adding small twists of her own. But it’s not always a perfect copy. For example, she often mispronounces words or struggles with the action, but she never stops copying. And...

Earth School 2

Weekly Notes 33/2025

India celebrates Independence Day today. As much as we gained freedom from the British in 1947, we have yet to gain full freedom from other evils like religion, caste, class, and gender based biases. We are still a country with a large, uneducated, and hungry population. There is much to do before we...