Someone want to let me in on the secret that is South Carolina? It was the only state of the union that, until recently, has a capital forgotten on almost every geography bee and prompted one to think of secession and stars-and-bars. Suddenly, everyone from my boss to a close friend is interested in purchasing property there, and this patch of Southern Appalachia is turning into quite the desi magnet. Not only has a doctor friend set up shop in Columbia, but has invited my very eager brother to do so as well.
I considered it all a coincidence until the discovery that famous geophysicist, Pradeep Talwani, is a professor at the University of South Carolina and director of the South Carolina Seismic Network, and Vijay Vulava has joined the faculty of the College of Charleston as an environmental geochemist. Hmmmm … the thot plickens.
Hark, what light through yonder passport photo breaks? Move over, Michael Manga – there’s a new sexy desi geologist in town. Unfortunately, like Michael, Vijay is married. His wife, Sirisha Vadlamudi, is an electrical engineer who specializes in virtual and augmented reality (sound familiar?).
Not to be excluded from the running is UTIG‘s Abhijit Gangopadhyay.
While you investigate the South Carolina riddle, I’ll keep my eyes peeled for more kannu-candy at the upcoming SEG conference in New Orleans.
WOW. I step out of the room for 5 minutes and look what you kids done! ME LIKEY. And ambition and intelligence are VERY sexy. I am admiring all of your big sexy brains right now. [And I second the vote for desi hottie every Friday!]
Different strokes for different folks.
Whatever floats your boat.
And all that.
Yeah I don’t see the sexiness. Looks like an Uncle to me.
But then maybe once one hears a geologist open their mouth and start racy science talk that’s what gets the blood pumpin 😉
As a Law geek I think I’ll stick to Mark Darcy as a human rights lawyer in Bridget Jones’s Diary 🙂
Some people are talking about sexy desis in the physical science fields of higher education, and tashie here is talking about Darcy as a sexy human rights law geek. Why not find a happy medium and start looking for desi profs/researchers in the humanities? That pool of desi sexiness is waaaay larger. Just off the top of my head…
Behold postmodern desi virility. If you’re not compelled by the pic, then you need to come listen to his tour de force of sexy geekiness in lecture. He even made me change my mind about desi accents.
And how about a hottie who’s a teacher and a doer? Pic doesn’t do her justice. She’s pretty intense in person.
Better yet, a desi who is a teacher and doer in human rights activism. She’ll go into the trenches in the name of social justice (she’s often threatened with violence for her work), and she’s middle aged!!
I guess Anjana Chatterji is sexy in the way that propagandists like Biju Matthew are sexy. She purports to be concerned about communal violence in S. Asia but spends 100% of her time excoriating the Hindu community. Investigations into crimes against Hindus in Pakistan & Bangaldesh apparently don’t meet CIIS’s high standards for academic inquiry. I think they should stick to teaching dance therapy & “body work”…