From b70dba44c25f7839c4036d544dee0cb22740d7ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neeldhara Misra <neeldhara.misra@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:22:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update homepage with personal intro

---
 src/pages/index.astro | 44 +++++++------------------------------------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 6928942..27df1a5 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -24,47 +24,17 @@ const projects: CollectionEntry<"projects">[] = (
   <Container>
     <aside data-pagefind-ignore>
       <h1 class="font-semibold text-black dark:text-white">
-        Introducing Astro Micro 🔬
+        Hello!
       </h1>
       <div class="space-y-16">
         <section>
           <article class="space-y-4">
-            <span>
-              <p>
-                Astro Micro is an accessible theme for <Link
-                  href="https://astro.build/">Astro</Link
-                >. It's a fork of
-                <Link href="https://github.com/markhorn-dev">
-                  Mark Horn's
-                </Link> popular theme <Link
-                  href="https://astro.build/themes/details/astronano/"
-                  >Astro Nano</Link
-                >. Like Nano, Micro comes with zero frameworks installed.
-              </p>
-              <p>
-                Micro adds features like <Link href="https://pagefind.app/"
-                  >Pagefind</Link
-                > for search, <Link href="https://giscus.app">Giscus</Link> for comments,
-                and more. For a full list of changes, see this <Link
-                  href="/blog/00-micro-changelog">blog post</Link
-                >.
-              </p>
-            </span>
-            <span class="animate">
-              <p>
-                Micro still comes with everything great about Nano — full type
-                safety, a sitemap, an RSS feed, and Markdown + MDX support.
-                Styled with TailwindCSS and preconfigured with system, light,
-                and dark themes.
-              </p>
-              <p>
-                Visit
-                <Link href="https://github.com/trevortylerlee/astro-micro">
-                  Astro Micro on GitHub
-                </Link>
-                to fork the repository to get started.
-              </p>
-            </span>
+            <p>
+              I'm Neeldhara, an Associate Professor in Computer Science & Engineering at <Link href="https://iitgn.ac.in">IIT Gandhinagar</Link>. My research spans algorithm design, computational social choice, and combinatorial games.
+            </p>
+            <p class="animate">
+              This is a space for short notes, stray observations, and things I find interesting. For more about my work, visit <Link href="https://neeldhara.com">neeldhara.com</Link>.
+            </p>
           </article>
         </section>