Have you heard of Spectrum magazine? It is run by the Simons Foundation, an organization that funds research in basic science and mathematics. Spectrum covers groundbreaking news from the world of autism research. This piece talks about the need to replace mice with rats in autism studies. In another Q&A story, a Princeton University professor discusses sexism in science.

Last week, I finished reading Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In: Work, Women and the Will to Lead. For the uninitiated, Sandberg is Facebook’s COO and a phenomenal feminist thinker.

This thought-provoking book has reshaped my perspective on workplace equality. In India, many women still don’t work. Sometimes their partners/parents don’t allow them to. In other cases, they choose a homemaker-type lifestyle simply because it’s more convenient. The general perception among Indian women is that all women in the West work and they have more control over their careers. But Sandberg draws on research, data and her own experience to prove that women don’t have it easy anywhere.

Even in the US, where most women work, they have a hard time juggling work and family, because the responsibility of child care falls on them by default.

Have you read Lean In: Work, Women and the Will to Lead? If so, I’d love to hear from you. Please hit reply, and let’s chat about it!

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Until next week,

Dinsa SachanFreelance Science and Culture Journalisthttp://dinsasachan.com/more