Sai Gaddam

Feb 21, 2024 | saigaddam.medium.com | Sai Gaddam

There’s an old wooden computer desk on our terrace at Comini. We had square holes cut out to put in two Ikea trays — I forget why. Those trays are no longer in, so what we have is a table with two large holes at the top and a small rectangular one at the back, the one used to pass wires through. And this is somehow the favorite setting and stage — in a place overflowing with playthings of every kind — for kids to transform with their imagination.

Jul 7, 2023 | saigaddam.medium.com | Sai Gaddam

Our washing machine started leaking the other day. We'd find puddles pooling near its legs. The puddles started getting bigger. The electrician we called over suggested a relatively expensive gasket change. The cynic in me, who has been right on occasion about this, assumed it was one of those unnecessary fixes for a smaller problem. But then what do I know about washing machines? Nothing. So we went ahead and made the change. And sure enough, it started leaking again. Not puddles, but trickles.

Mar 16, 2023 | saigaddam.medium.com | Sai Gaddam

My wife and I run a micro-school in Mumbai, India. We recently celebrated its one-year anniversary. Our kids go there along with 15 others. As we like to joke, we are doing small-batch, locally sourced, artisanal education. I also run a tech startup where we are building a product in the learning space. Both of these were born as a result of the pandemic when schools shut down and we saw up close what happens in the name of education.

Mar 4, 2023 | washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com | Ogi Ogas |Sai Gaddam

The authors are two scientists — Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam — who succeed in making complex ideas accessible to the general public. (Ogas is so comfortable venturing out of the ivory tower and into the public square that he was once a contestant on TV’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”)Scientists undoubtedly enjoy the ease and prestige of using jargon amongst themselves, but they also seem to value the ability to explain complicated concepts to us slack-jawed laymen.