Dripta @Dripta15

Working. Waking up kid, check school bag. Working. Medicine order for parents. Working. Domestic help issues. Working. Bath, lunch, checking for everyone.working…the loop continues.

I teach linguistics in a technical institute. Do you think linguistic analysis will be considered as non-technical here?

Growth of women academicians? Does it exist in the world? You can wait forever for your growth. The world will wait, because you are the second sex.

I have learnt multi-tasking as a new mother a few years back. Now the learning is being used for my academic world. Motherhood can teach you so many things!

Teaching for an outside university is an eye-opener. How are you perceived by outsiders? Can you surpass the academic rivalries through a cold voice and well-researched content?

Fever before every single autumn drags some energy. Still we gain some energy to experience something new!

The list of my realisation stories in academia is pretty long. In a nutshell, quality cannot be compromised for quantity!

Visibility in the outside world does not ensure that you are visible in your neighbourhood. This is an irony of academia!

I learnt about a term called ‘second career’ during our summer internship this year. Can we really balance the two? Oh yes, motherhood is my third platform!

If you do not value a student, your growth is compromised. Why did I realise this? Because I was not given the value during undergrad studies. I chose my subject, only available in an average college. I teach in the institute of highest repute in India, I value each student.

Beginning of a semester at IIT Kharagpur is always rewarding. New batches of students who want to know about linguistics have really fascinating questions. From pattern recognition to evolution and language, our undergrad students have varied interests. Re-learning starts!

Silence is the best reaction that we can offer to the world.

How do we hear the voices of teachers? Not the voice of any forum. Do the teachers have challenges for communicating with the primary-level students? Can you guess any challenge?

School Connect Programme at Purulia. Grateful for the platinum jubilee grant.

Bhasha mela. The language fair. Working with 38 speech communities of West Bengal. Grateful to ILSR Kolkata for this experience.

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The world is changing. If you have travelled by both Deutsch Bahn and Canning Local, you should know that there is no difference between their services. It is not about the first world.

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Nice to find so many linguists around. War has always employed language as a weapon. Anyone can ‘make’ a language or break the myths around it.

The subtle battle between the academic circle of city-based and town-based souls are quite prominent in non-urban academic institutions. Cultural circles of the privileged are resisted. But instead of counter culture, there is zero. What is the counter culture then?

A new way to think about the transition to motherhood | Alexandra Sacks youtu.be/jOsX_HnJtHU?fe… via @YouTube Who will value the time-constraints of young mothers who are also dedicated academicians? Time to value motherhood and academic creativity together. #motherhood