Hi Everyone!
Dropping back in again after many years, because Nigel sent me a link to this post!
Nigel, Moonrakeress, Simon and I had a wonderful time catching up after sixteen years. I have to admit, we were both a bit nervous about whether we would get along well - but we did, like a house on fire! It did not feel like sixteen years had passed since our last meeting. Nigel kept me updated on how people are doing, and passed along greetings - I'm so pleased to hear from so many of you!
Lenoir and I did meet in 2012, in Cape Town! This was during the World Schools Debate Championships, and one of the days was open to the public, which is when Lenoir was kind enough to come along.
Nigel is right, though, in saying I'm unlikely to be making a return here, as I do indeed have a lot of commitments that take up most of my time. I'm a PhD student in Cambridge now, as well as the British Antarctic Survey, and I have to say, Viv, it is nice to be here after having been turned down by the Other Place! But I went to Cornell instead of Oxford, and it was 100% the right decision for me.
In case people are interested in what I am up to these days (and over the 10 or so years!), and a little bit about my work, I was recently an invited speaker at the Natural History Museum in London. I spoke at their Family Festival, Sultana's Dream, which celebrated the contributions of South Asian women in natural sciences. I spoke to a packed room at their Attenborough Studio, but one of my friends recorded the talk, and you can watch it here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCV9j1wWUMY
I know I am Facebook friends with many of you, and that it is indeed the best place to keep in touch with me, or reach out. And I always answer emails!
