Some Places Near Campus
Pictures from the neighborhood
April 14, 2021
What is there to do when you are living in a campus in isolation during the pandemic?…
By Sagnik Anupam, a freshman at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Email: [sagnik] at [mit] dot [edu]
IAP and Moving In
Reaching Cambridge, Five Months Later
March 08, 2021
It is 2PM on a Saturday. I'm listening to one of my favorite dreampop albums, much like I used to back home, except my room looks a lot more bare…
The Best Books I Read This Year
An end-of-the-year recap of ten of my favorites
December 31, 2020
At the beginning of the year, I made a promise to myself that I would read more this year once I graduated high school. I suppose…
The Last Week
Finally, finals.
December 18, 2020
The semester draws to a close. It is 1 AM, yesterday night, and I cannot sleep, so I am playing the Celeste (video game) soundtrack in the background…
Book Hunting, Part II
Adventures in Book Markets and Book Fairs
December 12, 2020
The vast majority of the books on my shelves today don't come from organized bookshops. They come from…
Book Hunting, Part I
The Bookshop Diaries
December 05, 2020
The first bookstore I remember visiting was in Priya Market. The place itself goes by many names…
The Firehose, Part II
Outside the Classroom
November 29, 2020
It is some obscure hour of the evening/night and I am at my desk, brain-dead after struggling to figure out some elementary problem…
Invent a Language!
Teaching at Splash 2020
November 24, 2020
The weekend before last, on Saturday, November 14, 2020, I taught the first class of my life. Given that I have always wanted to teach something…
The Firehose, Part I
Adapting to College, Halfway Across the World
October 29, 2020
I wake up. It is 6:30 AM. No, it is 1:30 AM. No, it is 2 PM, and my parents are waking me up to have…
FAQ
Some Frequently Asked Questions
October 11, 2020
Hi there! As a rule of thumb, I'm usually very happy to receive emails from people who visit my website, and I'd love…
HackMIT
Why, Oh Why, Do I Stay Up All Night
October 04, 2020
Do you ever have that crazy feeling that makes you want to stay up all night to make something cool? Most of the time…
Starting at MIT
On Orientations, FPOPs, and Classes
September 07, 2020
So, where do I begin? Ever since I started writing, I have always found the beginning something to be the hardest part…