LOG 4.2: The beginning of the End

 Posted on December 20, 2014  |  3 minutes  |  615 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

20th December 2013 Hello everyone, So, it’s been a long silence. Three months and no word. How are you? As some of you may have seen on fb, my first first-author paper got accepteda few weeks ago and published this week. [Read More]
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LOG 1.13: Spring 'time', German and the 60´s

 Posted on October 13, 2012  |  5 minutes  |  1062 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

31st March, 2011 After some rain last night, the air smells like monsoon in India; so fresh and clean! I´ve opened the window to let it come in and along with it are the chirps and tweets of the birds. [Read More]
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LOG 1.4: Beauty and the Beasts

 Posted on August 11, 2012  |  4 minutes  |  850 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

30th December, 2010 Hello everyone, Another ‘Old Year’ has gone by … well I hope it was as happy as it could’ve been for everyone. So many things have happened, so many new things have been learnt! [Read More]
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Letters from Oldenburg, Germany (LOG) 1.3: Holiday season…'A Freeze is coming'

 Posted on August 4, 2012  |  3 minutes  |  596 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

22nd December, 2010 Happy Winter Solstice to everyone 🙂 Most of Europe is experiencing an intense winter with temperatures hardly ever peeking above 0*C. The roads are icy and footpaths in front of those away on holidays are slippery. [Read More]
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LfE 15: A visit to Oxford and Thoughts in Slough

 Posted on October 22, 2011  |  5 minutes  |  857 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

29/12/2009 Hello 🙂 I have been in Slough, a town near London, for around two weeks now. It has been restful to spend time with family, watch movies, go shopping etc. [Read More]
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