correcting browser fonts on Ubuntu and related distros

On Linux Mint, Hindi fonts were not being displayed correctly by Chrome as well as Firefox. Apparently this was the solution -

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1008661/incorrect-rendering-display-of-devanagari-fonts-in-browsers-chrome-firefox-etc

On Firefox, in Preferences, Language and Appearance, changed default font to Lohit Devanagari

ease of use of Word vs LaTEX

I am now officially a convert to LaTEX. Using overleaf in particular. Pretty equations, citation management and changing of templates is really easy using bibtex.
https://blog.mendeley.com/2012/03/24/how-to-series-generate-bibtex-files-for-your-collections-for-use-in-latex-part-3-of-12/

Can easily get bibtex entries using Google scholar too.
https://texblog.org/2014/04/22/using-google-scholar-to-download-bibtex-citations/

Some manual corrections are needed.

With Microsoft Word, equations, citations, and almost everything else needs tweaks. There is a tendency to get mangled as the document goes from one collaborator to another with different versions of Word. For example, here is the long procedure for copy-pasting an equation!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_other-mso_2010/copy-and-pasting-equations-between-word-2010-files/d3b3ab43-886b-e011-8dfc-68b599b31bf5

1. Select the equation > click on the dark bar on the right side with the little down-arrow at the bottom > Save as New Equation...

2. Name the equation > OK

3. Switch to the other document > click where you want to insert the equation

4. tab: Insert > Equation v (click on the down-arrow!) > scroll to the bottom > click on your equation

To delete the equation from your list of frequently used equations when you no longer need it:

1. tab: Insert > Equation v (click on the down-arrow!) > scroll to the bottom > right-click on your equation > Organize and Delete...

2. Building Blocks Organizer appears with your equation selected > Delete> Yes > Close.