Two weeks ago (August 23, 2023), India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft became humanity’s first space-faring contraption to successfully land on the south pole of the moon. This achievement was the long-awaited result of perseverance and superhuman efficiency in the face of resource constraints and past hardships. With spending at just $70 million compared to NASA’s $90 billion […]

Now that my time at Aravind is over, I’d like to write something that I wish I had before even applying to the CASI internship. I present to you: the blog I wish I had read, to be enjoyed not just by future Aravind interns, but by all readers who seek to pursue work they […]

I started brainstorming ideas for this blog back in mid-July, which was the beginning of monsoon season in India. Back then, when I decided to meet some intern friends for dinner on a characteristically monsoon-y evening, I saw a lot of what monsoon seasons inflict upon the daily realities of Indians: chronic unavailability of roadside […]

Your eyes are beautiful.  But before I tell you why, I should say a few words about all the incredible things my own eyes have seen in the past two weeks at Delhi and Madurai. Two weeks ago, I spent much of my grueling 14-hour flight to Delhi reading Infinite Vision, a memoir written in […]

Hello dear reader! Did my title catch your attention? My name is Eric Lee, I’m originally from New Jersey, and I’m a rising sophomore (’26) in the College of Arts and Sciences studying biochemistry and biophysics. I’m involved in research at CHOP and student government, and I enjoy playing the violin and running. Before my […]