Vishal Onkhar (columnist)

Vishal Onkhar

columnist

Vishal Onkhar is from Chennai, India and pursuing his PhD on self-driving cars at TU Delft. He is an avid museum goer and chess player, but also harbours a soft spot in his heart for dancing and petting cats. He doesn’t drink coffee, but good books, music, and film have the same effect on him.

Opinion

This is Vishal Onkhar’s last column for Delta. Writing has been good for him, but not always easy, he says. It often felt like a three-way wrestling match. Nevertheless, he expresses his gratitude to all of you readers.

Opinion

At the end of his contract, Vishal Onkhar reflects on what a PhD is really about. He realises the answer depends on when you ask the question: at the beginning, the middle, or the end.

Opinion

Columnist Vishal Onkhar examines the complex web that is the institution of arranged marriage in India, which also has an impact in the Netherlands and TU Delft.

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Vishal Onkhar dives into the rabbit hole of Dutch politics to make an ‘informed vote’ for the House of Representatives election. There’s no perfect vote, he discovers.

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Walking in the countryside outside Delft, Vishal Onkhar found himself humming a strangely familiar tune. He traced its origins and realised that he was living in this poem.

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Two truths and a lie – TU Delft is a technical university, the courses offered are all held to a high standard of scientific rigour, TU Delft is located in the Netherlands.

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On vacation with his family in Chennai, columnist Vishal Onkhar experiences the relentless Indian heatwave first-hand. “Venturing outdoors is virtually intolerable,” he says.

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Valentine’s Day has got columnist Vishal Onkhar in a poetic mood. So he wrote a poem, but that did not turn out very romantic. 

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It is far better to counterbalance this year’s stories of gloom and doom with tales of kindness and the triumph of the human spirit, Vishal Onkhar discovers.

Opinion

Shell is hiding behind a façade of sustainability while investing billions in its fossil fuel ventures. TU Delft should stop looking the other way, Vishal Onkhar writes.

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Forget the coronavirus, says columnist Vishal Onkhar. These are turbulent times in the realm of politics and the world at large and academics should take an active interest.