Smoke screen
3 min readJul 21, 2021
“Having an elder brother who is pursuing a PhD in high energy physics was an inspiration to me. I was fascinated by string theory and wanted to work in the same field for my research. However fate had other plans; I ended up studying condensed matter physics for my PhD program.
PhD was always my dream but having been diagnosed with schizophrenia during my undergraduate days made it challenging. Early signs began during my Bachelor’s. I…