December 2011
2 posts
“We as anticapitalists have to trouble the relationship established during the...”
– Don’t stop Beliebing
November 2011
7 posts
“Instead, on a daily basis, Very Smart People tell the likes of Joe Scarborough...”
– Jesse Kornbluth: The Police Riot at Berkeley: If They’ll Beat a Poet Laureate, Will They Kill a Student?
Jon and I auditioned to be in an Indian Domino’s Pizza commercial yesterday. They were really desperate for white people. I don’t think either of us did that well, but let’s hope our unearned privilege sees us through (hay Peggy McIntosh!). The paycheck might be large.
I like how the protocol for Indian street food is eat first, pay after. Customers stop and talk to the...
Someone ACTUALLY posted on the Bombay expat listserv instructions for getting your maid tested for HIV. That actually happened.
“The Wall Street protests are just a beginning, but one has to begin this way,...”
– Democracy is the enemy « LRB blog
“In a kind of Hegelian triad, the western left has come full circle: after...”
– Occupy first. Demands come later | Slavoj Žižek | Comment is free | The Guardian
October 2011
11 posts
“And within the Democratic Party, what Nobel laureate economist Joe Stiglitz...”
– How the Austerity Class Rules Washington | The Nation
“One could say, exaggerating only slightly, that the hipster moment did not...”
– What Was the Hipster? — New York Magazine
What I'm working on
I’m hoping to start updating this blog more regularly with original content. I’d like to post my musings on queer life in India — not-totally-formed ideas that might eventually turn into a column or make it into my research projects — as well as the general things I’ve been up to, and the photography I’ve been making. For now, I thought...
Beginning to worry crocs were a bad idea...
Morning Dahi
Typically: banana, muesli, sugar, dahi. Stir well.
Today’s Dahi was enjoyed sitting at our coffee table as we discussed plans to frame a photo for the apartment, obtain a SIM card for Jon and figure out how to use Evernote.
“So is the change really possible? Today, the possible and the impossible are...”
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Dahi is the Hindi name for yogurt. Rich in probiotics, I strive to consume a cup with every meal to prevent gastrointestinal infections and disorders.