Posted in book, poetry, tagged poetry, translation, Kannada, profile on March 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Stop over here
I think it’s a discussion of my work (correct me if I am wrong!)
And it’s so nice to see bits of my poem in another language..
It suddenly makes writing seem very worthwhile
Posted in blogging, depression, melancholy, parents, reading, research, work, writing on March 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Couldn’t attend the Second Coming (family trouble)
Couldn’t talk to my loved one(s) (bad timing)
Couldn’t read any of the research papers I planned to read (procrastination)
Couldn’t blog (laziness)
Couldn’t reply to one-single-mail (frustration)
Couldn’t cook a decent meal for myself (sloppiness in general)
Couldn’t decide what laptop to buy (now my budget has increased to 34k, and more)
What did [...]
Posted in Chennai, culture, india, poetry, translation, writing, tagged English poems, Performance Poetry, Reincarnation, translation, World Poetry Day on March 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Modern poetry meets its muse-in-translation. “The Second Coming” (timing with Good Friday) is an open mic poetry event at Mocha, Chennai that blends the best of both the worlds. Of free verse and not-so-free translation. The word, once again, moves to centre-stage on world poetry day. So, bring your own poem, show off your originality, [...]
Posted in blogging, family, parents, personal on March 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Via google of course.
And says that she doesn’t have any problems with it…
Posted in activism, blogging, dalit, feminism, india, women on March 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In all my confusion, and machine-hopping, I forgot to link to this: an interview with American born Indian feminist and anti-caste activist Gail Omvedt on Ultra Violet.
Read.. and Rebel…
Posted in computer, research, teachers, work on March 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The cheque’s arrived (it’s for 26.5k and what’s called royalty really), but I am in another fix: whether to get myself a new notebook and stop, or whether to gift my sister a new desktop computer and try to get my old one fixed. I don’t really know what I will do.. I am also [...]
Posted in money, parents, personal, work, tagged notebook computer, acer, compaq on March 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I am on a laptop hunt. And I can’t afford more than 25k at the moment. And the Acer Aspire 5315 seems like the dream I need right now. Except that, I need the parental seal of approval, and my dad has this vague obsession over the Compaq brand. Your first computer was compaq, [...]
Posted in activism, culture, hindutva, human rights, india, media, men, politics, violence, women, tagged bombing, communal violence, Muslims, RSS, tenkasi on March 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
How was your women’s day?
Saturday evening, I was at a meeting at the LLA building (the first easily affordable choice of Chennai’s activists when it comes to venue!) where a fact-finding report was released. The team, led by Prof.Marx and Ko. Sugumaran had visited Tenkasi and Mutthupettai, known for a history of (shall we say, [...]
