Hi👋I’m Pratul, and this is my personal blog.
I like to write about science, technology, poems, reflections on life, spirituality, and more. Currently I am working on my own startups - one is a robotics startup and the other is a non-profit app for civic issues. On this website you can also find out more about my work, photographs from my travels, cooking recipes, and other miscellaneous things I’ve curated. Hope you may find something interesting!
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Musings on Life SEE ALL
Addiction isn't just about substances; it’s the habits we turn to in times of stress, pain, or loneliness. Whether it’s doom-scrolling, smoking, gaming, or unhealthy relationships, we’ve all faced it in one form or another. In this article, I’ll share perspectives on addiction I wish I had known earlier—because breaking the cycle starts with understanding the root causes and having the courage to change.
A short story in the form of a dialogue about a young man who meets a woman claiming to be his daughter from the future, who was thrown into the past, and seeks a forgotten truth meant to save the world from an impending catastrophe…
As children the late hours of night were scary, eery and considered taboo to be awake then. But children grow, and so do perspectives. Amidst other lessons growing up brings, and in the new world, time grew too...
Science & Technology SEE ALL
Here’s an exciting new solution that I’d like to share on about how wasted food or plant matter can be turned into gold, well actually oil! It’s related to insect farming, and I also talk on how electronics and IoT sensors plays into this.
The future is a society with entirely self-driving cars and no human drivers. How can we prepare and move towards this future? Why is it important to invest in electric vehicles, electric motors, or at least hybrid vehicles? What are some considerations needed from a broad industry perspective?
Advances in machine learning technologies have enabled their utilization across various processes in the semiconductor industry, where optimization is a persistent goal. The paper explores the applications of machine learning in wafer characterization technologies – an essential component in the chip development process.
The smartphone (and the internet) apart from being one of the most sophisticated pieces of technology, represents the collective achievement of decades and generations of work and contributions pooled together from various scientists, engineers, businesspersons from around the world to have made it all possible. Something never achieved before in history at such a scale!
Miscellaneous SEE ALL
A 7164 word review-thesis-rant-praise on the island nation of SINGAPORE from my 4 year undergraduate experience there. I discuss on things I observed, things I heard, cultural history, takeaways for foreigners and SINGAPOREANS, challenges, and some ideas.
Just some advice to new undergraduate university students, from a fresh graduate, talking on things that I wish I knew when I started out university. This is from the perspective of an Indian international student in NTU Singapore.
From clans and conquests to the quiet regrets of missed friendships — this is a nostalgic dive into the peculiar magic of growing up in an Indian private school. A place where discipline was enforced, yet we would innovate and embark on new adventures, all within the school grounds. These are the small, strange, and surprisingly profound memories that shaped a childhood — and now echo back with a smile.