writing my name in lower case started with y’all
by Whenever I can help it, I write my name using only lowercase letters. I’ve done this since college at least. I’ve always signed my emails that way. “Proper” nouns in …
Category: personal
how i interact with the world
the cultural legacies of our elders
My achchi passed away last weekend at 87 years old. She and I were 50 years and a couple weeks apart. Mourning a loved one in the age of coronavirus …
the R in SARS
I started my career in public health. In school I wanted to be a doctor, but I hated memorization and preferred working to studying. My first public health job was …
boom times
“Everyone thinks they live in a boom time,” I turned the words over and over in my mind like I was polishing them for something. I was looking for hope …
radical innovations
radical innovations is a place where i can envision and refine new ways for people to work in systems together. devil’s advocacy is not welcome here. we must work together …