Posted in blogging, caste, untouchability on May 31, 2007 | No Comments »
Becoz I am having lots and lots and lots of deadlines that I need to finish….. The Ayyankali book is in its final stages–which means I am stuck with checking footnotes, references, bibliography, and carrying out all the tiny-winy corrections. That, and the fact that Malayalam is not my mothertongue (but I have managed to [...]
Posted in poetry, poetry publishing on May 28, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It is the first major review for my book, and so it is much cherished, despite all the little things that make no sense (see the last line where I am called Radically Traditional, in the sense of (i think) Peacefully Terrorist).. That, and the fact that only my weakest poems have been selected for [...]
Posted in English Language Teaching, exam tension on May 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This coming Tuesday I write my paper on Research Methodology and Academic Writing and the next day, I write on English Language Teaching.. Doesn’t exactly leave me jittery, but I am a little bored of sitting for three hours and taking the exam all by myself…
Posted in media, women on May 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am not sure if the problem is with the media, with the celebrities, or simply with my bad memory, but reading a recent news-item about a fan hugging/kissing Dhoni, I can’t stop wondering at how kiss-obsessed our media has become. In the recent days (in erratic chronology, as it pops up in my mind): [...]
Posted in PhD, blogging, exam tension, poetry on May 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The long promised post took so long in coming because i was worrying about what to write, and importantly, i wanted to let my wounds heal. In one of my dinosaur era posts, I had mentioned about some problems i faced with a bunch of teenage kids for whom i was a substitute teacher and [...]
