Sunday, November 30, 2008
Back At It
I'm back!
Been a while, I know. It is almost December! That is too crazy to fathom. I'm so used to being out here now. I'm not sure if it's good that the time has been going by this quickly but I'm trying to take advantage of it. Since my emotions tend to change by the minute, I believe my actions are slowly starting to follow suit. That is, I'm going a bit wild and just letting loose. I feel a bit bipolar but I think if I'm ever going to act this way, this is my chance to do it. I don't know why I care so much about the things I do care about (i.e. speaking in Marathi, walking around with shorts [seriously], singing in public, etc). I started rapping the other day during our faux-anthakshari session - that was fun. No one understood a word - I'm sure half of you wouldn't understand what I was saying either. The children (I hate to call them that since all of them are 18+ and some even my age but whatever) loved it. It seems to be getting progressively crazier. It'll be fun times.
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To those who have been following the incidents in the nearby capital of the state I am currently residing in (Mumbai to the less-informed): the villages are largely disconnected to events occurring inside the city/outside of a 50 km range. India is far less unified than is portrayed in the media or otherwise. Urban life is a complete 180 to the village life (although that is slowly and awkwardly starting to change). So even though I know exactly what is going on in Mumbai and there is a relatively decent sized Muslim population in the village, both of these things have no effect on the daily activities or the dynamics that occur here. Basically, there are no intense discussions or debates here on where India should go next nor are there any uprisings based on religion, caste, creed, or nationality.
Been a while, I know. It is almost December! That is too crazy to fathom. I'm so used to being out here now. I'm not sure if it's good that the time has been going by this quickly but I'm trying to take advantage of it. Since my emotions tend to change by the minute, I believe my actions are slowly starting to follow suit. That is, I'm going a bit wild and just letting loose. I feel a bit bipolar but I think if I'm ever going to act this way, this is my chance to do it. I don't know why I care so much about the things I do care about (i.e. speaking in Marathi, walking around with shorts [seriously], singing in public, etc). I started rapping the other day during our faux-anthakshari session - that was fun. No one understood a word - I'm sure half of you wouldn't understand what I was saying either. The children (I hate to call them that since all of them are 18+ and some even my age but whatever) loved it. It seems to be getting progressively crazier. It'll be fun times.
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To those who have been following the incidents in the nearby capital of the state I am currently residing in (Mumbai to the less-informed): the villages are largely disconnected to events occurring inside the city/outside of a 50 km range. India is far less unified than is portrayed in the media or otherwise. Urban life is a complete 180 to the village life (although that is slowly and awkwardly starting to change). So even though I know exactly what is going on in Mumbai and there is a relatively decent sized Muslim population in the village, both of these things have no effect on the daily activities or the dynamics that occur here. Basically, there are no intense discussions or debates here on where India should go next nor are there any uprisings based on religion, caste, creed, or nationality.
