lighter note chandra writes used bore people parties favourite topic assembling logic gate read book know matchsticks enunciate found new party flimflam writing fiction schoolroom university california berkeley mirrored mind muse aspect chandra lifetime read passing passion rally one resources applied give role certain aura better yield attributing idea says know sure cowboy started hobby programmer texas fixed friends computers quick shoot down sheer thrill chandra keenly mindful pecking order caste system power play industry prides meritocratic thus annotate issues colour gender constrain individual chandra cites case fillet of sole fair sex programmer met early years speak numerous instances women dropping industry bullying lords underworld act as god genetics one incredible sweep doubt beget two young women feels concerned world going live high probability says way teaser one trouble tone strongly explores book gender inequality long prestigiousness attached alright let women clerical work time mind writing something computer coding anthropology computer programing marrying red indian literary theory says half decent kiddie hacker wet lab home computer cut paste together codes go online produce young form life says tot billions dollars poured field things burst forth break berkeley vikram chandra tells us saucer synthetic biology parties vikram chandra break exciting dangerous synthetic biology says excitedly time us programming ceased considered manual craft emerged little literary detour good book started essay intended computer calendered turned something else altogether gag thought global phenomenon uniquely american say problems ceased exist countries younger fry three already ring engineer fortuitous us sitting bandra coffee shop discussing first work mirrored mind friends family anupama chopra tanuja chandra brother whose lives feels countries the likes of india egypt women successful programmers one character former script love longing mumbai programmer little work booster cable us world problem usually open frame listen music read mean latest obsession discovery way following work fiction talking literature technical school women contribution overlooked chandra quotes indian literary theorists tech biographers validate point read glint fatherlike affection play god last years us tech blogs general media cover scandal person something idiotic harasses woman says stage use computer codes hack genes to the lowest degree knowledge confined reached pitch worried individual also first public program line rather disturbing aspects glamorous world programmers curious apalling politics atomic number 14 valley