One of the best ways to deliver a serious message is to make it relatable for the audience. Recently, two faculty members — Professor Vandana Nanal and Dr Deepa Chari — from the  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Colaba and Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Anushakti Nagar, respectively, have published a digital, illustrated book, Tuning Mental Frameworks (HBCSE, TIFR), illustrated by Prasad B Desai. Published on October 30, it contains 15 sequences illustrated in comic book-style, depicting various scenarios that students and professors in the field of scientific studies, particularly physics, experience regularly, revealing subtle biases of gender discrimination, self-doubt, and wrongful assumptions often plaguing these spaces.

The scene showing a male colleague making assumptions based on gender, leading to embarrassment and negative social image