New Chapter

Tommorrow I begin work with the Centre for Equity Studies, also known as Aman Biradari. This is an organisation that was started by Harsh Mander sometime after the Gujarat riots. This new work means a complete shift for me from my comfort area (read women's rights) to the broader issue of communalism. I am quite excited about this shift and also am a little nervous since I havent really kept myself updated on this issue.
I am also happy and sad since I came back to Delhi after spending nearly 4 weeks at home :) so right now I am also missing being at home like crazy. After a very long time I had spent so much time at home and had sort of got into the routine of things there. Mom leaving in a crazed hurry in morning, coming back at 6 tired awaiting her cup of tea. My sister and my crazy talkitive nephew, who can steal your heart by his sorry and ok. I was called 'anna maasi' by him, totally miss him...
On my way back I had a chance to visit Sanchi stupas and Khajuraho temples, since I was going for a friend's brother's wedding in khajuraho. That was well... quite refreshing, different and for sure SHOCKING :)
Anyway, will write soon about my new work, till then my dear blog, wish me luck :)

All I want is...

...a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air......hmmmm im at home, in mumbai.. Its funny whenever i say this i find the need to specify home in mumbai, coz i can pretend to hate it as much as i do, delhi is home too.. its the place i started living on my own and continue to do so, it is the place i lost and found love and i continue to do so too, and i must start admitting it (more to myself than anyone else) that i do miss it quite a bit.
Having said that, I am so pleased to be home right now and i am so thank full for the break that I have got :) The weather is beautiful here, it has been drizzling the whole day and so its quite cool. My nephew has gotten over his beating up phase and so thank fully he does not smack me at every given opportunity like he used to before. He lovingly calls me 'anna maassi' and 'annu mausi', he keeps running around the house asking everyone and everything 'kaa hua kaa hua' and then when you tell him he says 'accha accha' like he has understood and approved everything...
I hav done my quota of watching television, people who know me well enuf would know the non existence of a tv in my life, which i make up for whenever i come home. Its only the second day and I have 2 full weeks to go :). I plan to go to college, the beach, marine drive, gateway, bandstand, basically everywhere i can catch glimpses of the sea
That my dear friends is all I want, and guess what?? that is precisely what I have :)