Your dad knows how a 23-year-old woman thinks, feels, reacts.(Silence)
And even I know that too.
After all these years, this admission makes me scary. If someone really knew you that well as they claim to, does it not mean that their knowledge can sometimes make them manipulators? Then every act that you have done, did it [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Today
Posted in love, sex, sexuality on February 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
* asks, “Tell me, who in this world is not interested in sex?”
Oh, do tell me if you know.
Prudish dictionaries
Posted in Tamil, translation, tagged dictionaries, four-letter words, prudishness on February 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As a translator, whenever I work with fiction/poetry, I run into trouble with words of abuse. (One, it isn’t so nice to call the author and ask what they meant. It could be damaging if the word turns out to mean something like son-of-a-guest). And all Tamil dictionaries are so prudish, and [...]
Tears over a liquid spill
Posted in academics, computer, email, melancholy, research, writing on February 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Three, or may be four weeks back, milk spilled on my laptop.. And I think she has given up the ghost… She’s a Compaq Presario, my first laptop, and she has been with me since 2003, so I can’t grudge this disappointing behaviour. Yes, I need her very badly now, and no wonder, she decides [...]
PhD again…
Posted in PhD, academics, research on February 23, 2008 | No Comments »
My topic resembles an amoeba, after all the form-shifting. And we are yet to actually decide on something. I have a clear idea of what I don’t want to do, so I think the more I concentrate on that, I will eventually narrow down and focus on something. I’ve been regularly going to the university [...]
oUt oF tOuCh
Posted in personal on February 17, 2008 | No Comments »
just a little note to let you know that i can’t be reached on my landline phone (coz it’s broken)… and that since i am not going to the university till the end of this month (i can’t be reached on my cell)…
and i m staying off the net (not for academic purposes actually, bit of domestic drama). Nothing to panic [...]
Excerpts from a conversation…
Posted in academics, activism, poetry, subaltern studies, tagged intellectual community, literature on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Srinivasa: i am sorry i could not come to your poetry readings
Meena: it’s okay
it came during holidays
Srinivasa: let me frank..it is very difficult to follow literary people language
Meena: i m just trying to break that
Srinivasa: i always admire your language
well may be because you are entitled to write in that way
Meena: may be… but [...]
Piled Higher and Deeper
Posted in PhD, internet addiction on February 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have an announcement to make: my PhD is in its most crucial phase. I have to meet The Guide on Monday/Tuesday and since I am planning to change my PhD topic in order to be better focussed, I am one step short of going mad. I would love to announce a hiatus, but since [...]
