19 entries

Articles by Pavithra Mohan

Learn Fast, Forget Fast

Studying to the test doesn't correlate with retaining useful information

Dancing till I drop

Dancing till I drop

How much information is enough?

A journalism student wonders if she will ever be as informed as she'd like.

Little Miss Change

Obama may have inspired “change,” but not all of us can deal with it.

Letter to Parents Who Want Grandkids

How do you expect to have grandchildren when you won’t even let your children date?

Math for the "A"

Who would have thought that journalism classes would be so much harder than mathematics?

Unmade Beds, and other College Compromises

Microwaveable Thai noodles, perfume-showers, and other college survival techniques.

Adventures in Misspellings

A grammar junkie sighs her way through an India full of English mistakes.

Handcrafted

In praise of the writer’s and the musician’s medium—the hands.

High School 101

“Don’t send your kids parathas for lunch,” and other words of wisdom for desi parents.
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