Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Shillong

Two months in Shillong. The hilly streets.



 Umiam (Barapani) lake

 A khasi film
 My college principal - serendipity!
 Durga puja in rilbong. The band from kochbihar

Rabindranath's shillong abode

 'Naughty benodini'
 The original ads from 1968 Anandabazar

 My way to office


 My home


 A gurkha




Sunday, August 25, 2013

Rise of the machines

Sometimes when I'm alone in the evening, it is downright scary to sit among these heavyweight beasts.
 Starts with the inverted fluoresent microscope



 The HPLC and cell counter

 Chemiluminiscense and auto analyser
 Coagulometer
 The behemoth (biochem autoanalyser)
Stray refrigerators

 Allergometer, more chemiluminiscence
 ELISA, HbA1c HPLC
 Mass spectrometers


 Weighing chamber

Column chromatography

 A jar of snacks (namkeens) demonstrate the principles of column chromatography to a fairly accurate extent. In a column consisting of diffe...