In this episode, we discuss Vatsal’s final year in his PhD program, as he grounds himself in his research to transform his results into a camera-ready manuscript, and a 200-odd page dissertation. We talk about the Pandemic and its impact on his dissertation timeline, his support system, his defense, his next steps and That Feeling When It’s Over!

Recommendations:

• PCSK7: A novel regulator of apolipoprotein B and a potential target against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0026049523003402

• The Rookie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7587890/

• The Ministry for the Future: https://subterraneanpress.com/robinson-tmftf/

• Love Lies Bleeding

• India: Authorities Revoke Visa Privileges of Diaspora Critics https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/17/india-authorities-revoke-visa-privileges-diaspora-critics

• Mapping the Indian Manosphere https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/india-manosphere-mens-rights-influencers-gender-divide-111709889805465.html

• The bioethics of skeletal anatomy collections from India https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45738-6

• Generative AI has a language problem https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01716-4

• Babies Made to Order

• A Dalit-Queer critique of Lihaf recovers a world of meaning lost in its translation, reminding us that desirability is shaped by caste.

• Notable Sanwiches- The Hot Dog: https://buttondown.email/theswordandthesandwich/archive/notable-sandwiches-89-hot-dog/