The doctor’s words were simple. “The newborn has pneumonia.” My parents took me to doctors and priests. Also to people who claimed to have alternate remedies. Place to place, trying everything, trying anything. My mother was not uneducated. She held a BA in literature, yet taught mathematics and sciences all her life—no mean feat. A…
Author: VS
My Story – Chapter 1
October 6th, 1974. Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Jaamdar Hospital. Three daughters already. Thirteen, eleven, five. The village of Ghansor had no hospital, so my mother traveled to the district town for this fourth delivery. Anxious. Hopeful. Aaji came with her—my maternal grandmother. Frail, old, but wise. They stayed in a rented room near the hospital. Aaji…
How Humans Turned Beach Sand into AI
Pick up a handful of sand. Look at it. What do you see? Probably nothing much. Tiny grains. Worthless. The kind of thing that gets everywhere when you’re at the beach and annoys you later in your shoes. But something remarkable happened with that sand: Humans turned it into machines that think. Not metaphorically. Literally….
What To Do When You Don’t Know What To Do
“What to do?” It’s the question that echoes most often when life feels heavy—when we’re struggling, failing, falling, or even breaking. At first glance, it looks like a question about action, about the next step, about strategy. But in truth, it’s not about action at all. It’s an admission: I am not clear about the…