Rajpratim Choudhury

What is academic humbling and why is it important? 1/10

The blackbuck was absent from Chhattisgarh for 50 years. After a five-year reintroduction programme at Barnawapara, 130 are now running free. The fastest animal in India — up to 80 km/h — is back where it belongs. Part 4 of our Antlers & Antelopes series. 🦌 → [link] #Blackbuck #IndiaWildlife #Chhattisgarh #Bishnoi #Grasslands

"Nature gives you knobs, Nurture turns them." - Amit Verma in Everything is Everything, quoting Steven Pinker

I recently discovered the “Everything Is Everything” podcast by @amitvarma & @ajay_shah and I loved it so much that I felt like we needed a book companion for all those incredible recommendations! So here it is: eiebooks.com

@soham_s_16 Seeing you post this update since 3 years now. Will be really among the excited ones to see you present a poster the next year !

poster presentation day is one of my favourite days of the academic year. even after drudging through four years, this day still reminds me of the charm, curiosity and excitement i had felt during my first year seeing people do cool science. can't believe it's our turn next year!

Akshay Bharadwaj: Microclimatic niche shifts predict long-term survival and body mass declines in a warmer and more degraded world appliedecologistsblog.com/2026/03/30/aks… Fascinating read for aspiring ecologists and others alike

The Epic Return Begins as Amur Falcons Ride the Winds Home ! From the golden savannas of Botswana and Zimbabwe, where summer rains are fading and the chill is begining to set in, legendary travellers Alang and Apapang have taken flight. Their compass is set northward. They are now journeying towards the Somalian gateway, that crucial pause before they take the great leap over the Arabian Sea crossing. But the winds… not yet ready. The currents that will carry them from Somalia to India have still not aligned. And so, for now, the falcons wait resting, refueling, preparing for one of the most extraordinary flights on Earth. These are the same skies once traced from Siberia to Manipur, then across continents to Africa capturing hearts in India and beyond. Apapang, Alang and Ahu…their journey back home is about to unfold. Watch this space. @sureshwii #Amurfalcons #AmurMigration #BirdMigration @wii_india

I have always thought about it whenever I email people from science at higher positions and ask them stuff. Their responses always makes me learn more,feel good and happy.

Interesting how wars are named after the country attacked: Vietnam War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Iran War... That's because if they were named after the attacker, it would be too confusing, since 80% of conflicts would be called the US war.

In 1973 on this day Project Tiger was launched. Wild #tiger population in #India; 2006: 1411 tigers 2010: 1706 tigers 2014: 2226 tigers 2018: 2967 tigers 2022: 3682 tigers Today #India is home to 70% wild tigers of the world.

Met someone today and realized you just can’t disregard a person just because they didn’t have a successful career. So many sharp, knowledgeable people nowhere close to their potential. Not because of lack of ability. But because life wasn’t kind to them.

Today is the 161st birth anniversary of Dr. Anandibai Joshi (See below - Google Doodle in her honor, from a few years back). Anandibai was the first Indian woman to study western medicine - graduating from the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, in U.S. in 1886. After completing her medical education, she returned to India. Unfortunately, she passed away in 1887 at a young age of 23, from Tuberculosis.

Now we see AI generated Ads in a leading newspaper in Assam by the IRCTC . C'mon @IRCTCofficial you can do far better than this.

I don't think people understand how insane Renaissance Florence was. In a town of about ***50k people*** you had the following people all alive at the same time: * Leonardo Da Vinci * Michelangelo * Raphael * Amerigo Vespucci (explorer for whom America is named) * Niccolo Machiavelli * Sandro Botticelli * Lorenzo de Medici What happened to all that human capital? Did the intelligent men of Florence migrate elsewhere over the coming centuries?

British swimmer Rob Howens was in the water with his young daughter off New Zealand's North Island when a pod of dolphins unexpectedly surrounded them. According to witnesses and lifeguards, the dolphins formed a tight circle around them, repeatedly guiding them toward shore. Shortly after, a great white shark, approximately three meters long, was spotted nearby. For about 30 to 40 minutes, the dolphins maintained their formation, using tail slaps and jerky movements to scare the shark away. They only dispersed when the animal swam away, allowing the swimmers to return safely. This encounter is often cited as a powerful example of dolphins' social intelligence and their coordinated protective behavior toward humans.

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Satyajit Ray has suddenly become the target of some petty mudslinging on social media. But maybe that’s a good excuse to revisit that six-minute ghost dance masterpiece. It’s the kind of work that can still school anyone in what peak detailing really looks like. Thread. 1/24

@Logan78106803 @AsimC86 @seangunn Because Cosmo is based on Laika, the Russian dog, who was a female, so I gender-swapped her back.

It’s a story that almost sounds unreal, like something out of a film, but it ends on a much sadder note. On March 24, 2004, Rabindranath Tagore’s 1913 Nobel Prize medal was stolen from Visva Bharati University in Santiniketan. Since then, the case has mostly led nowhere. The CBI stepped in, closed the case in 2007, reopened it in 2008 due to political pressure, and then closed it again in 2009. In 2016, a local singer was arrested for helping those involved, but the main accused and the medal itself were never found. Reports suggested that the theft involved a Bangladeshi national along with two Europeans. To make up for the loss, the Swedish government later gave Visva Bharati two replicas, one in gold and one in silver. The original medal, however, is still missing. Amid all this, a different kind of tribute emerged in Chennai. On March 31, 2004, artist and karate expert Shihan Hussaini created a striking portrait of Tagore using blood. 36 students from the Government College of Fine Arts donated blood for the artwork, and Hussaini completed the 10-foot painting in just 20 minutes. At the bottom, he wrote a simple but powerful line - "Nothing is lost in our heart" – Rabindranath Tagore.