Editorial · Long-form
Notes from
the workshop.
Occasional dispatches on deep-tech, graphene, and the quiet discipline of inventing for one specific person at a time.
Filed in the order they were written. Read in the order you wish.
№ 01 · October 2024 · 4 min read
On engineering with empathy
The most important specification on any drawing I make is the human being it is meant for.
Why the wheelchair I built at fourteen taught me about deep-tech, dignity, and building for someone — not an audience.
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- 02
January 2026 · 6 min read
On graphene and the next century
“India does not need to follow the silicon century. We can lead the carbon one.”
A note on why graphene — produced cleanly and at scale — is the most under-priced strategic asset on the table for India this decade.
- 03
August 2025 · 3 min read
On staying a beginner
“I have been awarded six times by the President. I still feel most useful in a workshop, holding a screwdriver.”
On recognitions as lagging indicators, and why curiosity is the only honest currency a builder has.