Welcome to Celebrate The Podcast Season Two: Flip The Script
Episode 03: It’s Scientific To Pursue The Truth Featuring Dr Biman Nath, Ph.D
Dr Biman Nath graduated from the Kirori Mal college, Delhi Univ and then went on do his MS and PhD in University of Maryland, USA. After that, he did his Postdoctoral work at the Max Planck Institute in Bonn, Germany and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics.
After teaching and researching for 28 years at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore he is currently a visiting professor at Indian institute for Scientific Education and Research, IISER Mohali.
His debut book, ‘Nothing is Blue’ was shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award for Fiction in 2009. His second novel The Tattooed Fakir was published by Pan Macmillan in 2012 and latest book, 'The Whistleblower’s Wife' in 2025.
Episode Highlights:
1. The philosophical bit about looking at the sky and stars
2. Biman ji's interest in writing and stars- from childhood to becoming an established author
3. From science writing to fiction: mental barriers to writing fiction
4. About his debut novel 'Nothing Is Blue' : Focus on the timelessness of human behaviour
5. His habit of writing dairies, reading and role of libraries
7. Student life - then vs now: importance of 'Me-time'
8. His second book 'The Tattooed Fakir': Focus on quest for the truth about the past
9. Moral responsibilities when writing historic fiction
10. His third and latest book, 'The Whistleblower's Wife'- Stepping into contemporary fiction
11. Experimenting with genres, pov & challenges
12. His writing approach
13. The true reward in writing a book
14. Influence of renowned Indian scientist Dr Jayant Narlekar's science writing
15. How other species view stars?
16. Media adaption of books- things to be careful about
17.Reading extracts from 'The Whistleblower's Wife'
18.His next book- on animal astronomers
Connect With Dr Biman Nath here: Biman Nath (@starlight_biman) • Instagram photos and videos