aashima

aashima

Aashima is a freelance science communicator, author and editor. She co-founded thelifeofscience.com in 2016.

  • 2026 Labhopping Calendar is here

    The special edition calendar embraces uncertainty as it expresses our difficult yet undying love for science. Support the project by buying one now!

    December 19th 2025

  • Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem

    Ideas meant to challenge colonial power are now being used to justify myth and religion in India, with real costs to science and secularism.

    July 30th 2025

  • Accidental IITian: The tempered radicalism of Ravinder Kaur

    An IIT Delhi-based sociologist shares her evolving views of science and technology, and traces her attempts to study and bring change in her own institute.

    March 4th 2025

  • black and white portrait with a red dot on forehead of physicst Rohini Godbole

    रोहिणी गोडबोले की ‘हाई एनर्जी’ प्रज्ञा

    प्रिय फ़ेनोमेनोलॉजिस्ट एक विशाल बौद्धिक विरासत छोड़ गयीं, जिस पर भारतीय विज्ञान समुदाय गर्व कर सकता है।

    January 8th 2025

  • black and white portrait with a red dot on forehead of physicst Rohini Godbole

    रोहिणी गोडबोले यांची उच्च-ऊर्जापूर्ण विद्वत्ता

    भारतीय वैज्ञानिक समुदायाला अभिमान वाटेल असा मोठा बौद्धिक वारसा मागे ठेवणाऱ्या आपल्या लाडक्या कणभौतिकशास्रज्ञ

    January 8th 2025

  • black and white portrait with a red dot on forehead of physicst Rohini Godbole

    The high-energetic wisdom of Rohini Godbole

    The beloved phenomenologist leaves a large intellectual legacy that the Indian science community can continue to be proud of.

    November 12th 2024

  • Retiring the idle ‘women in science’ narratives

    The term ‘women in science’ has been mentioned so often in recent years that it has become a buzzword—something people feel obligated to brush past while discussing science and technology, but one that often feels rather empty.

    October 15th 2024

  • Tremors from Within – Part III

    In this excerpt from ‘Lab Hopping: Women Scientists in India’, meet voices from the caste and gender margins who are working to make the Indian science ecosystem a more welcoming space for Dalit and transgender persons.

    February 20th 2024

  • Tremors from Within – Part II

    In this excerpt from ‘Lab Hopping: Women Scientists in India’: The story of what it means to advocate for women in science in India. This story traverses efforts towards ensuring equitable representation of women in conferences and publications.

    February 15th 2024

  • Tremors from Within – Part I

    In this excerpt from ‘Lab Hopping: Women Scientists in India’: The story of the (at least) two-decade-old movement for equity in Indian science. Here’s how women and trans persons in science started (and continue to) shake things from within.

    February 11th 2024