Hmmmmm......today was a confusing day..there were good experiences and uncomfortable experiences, but on the whole it was a pretty good day. To start with Dr.Lange's lecture as usual seemed boring and he cornered us into a presentation that had me irked....I didn't like the topic one bit. But then his lecture got interesting for the first time since we'Ve been here....after the lecture we spoke to him about our return etc etc. We met Annika after that....we were going down when we bumped into Hardo..who we hadn't seen since last thursday - the whole thing after was very uncomfotable. He wasn't his usual self, and while we were at the Mensa literally digging into this umptous meal of fries, baked veggies and turkey in white sauce I asked what hapnd about the decisions regarding who gets to go on the excursion to India. It turned out that Annika got in, but Hardo didn't...which seemed really unjust since he is the most ideal candidate...in terms of knowledge of the country and its culture, interest and research thesis, knowledge of language, basic personality etc etc...he was very upset about it and was discussing with Annika about what he can do now....felt really bad coz it seems the profs of the depts are using him, and we hoped he doesn't think so are we....won't know till we meet him again...I certainly pray not. And I certainly hope they haven't chosen Susanna for the trip coz from her attitude and from what she's said I do not think she should be given a chance to go back to India on a scholarship---her attitude is that of a typical Westerner...most annoying and irksome!!! And highly limited in her knowledge and experience and acceptance of differences...judgemental too..ah well..not deserving. Fullstop.
After he left we taught Annika the vowels and consonants of the Hindi script and then we saw the movie 'Salaam Bombay'...its a brilliant movie and the portrayal of the characters by all the artistes is excellent. The subject of street children, prostitution and life in the 'seedy' areas of Bombay has been dealt with very sensitively by Mira Nair. I think the movie is excellent and am glad I saw it....Ironically I wouldn't have been as keen on the movie back in India, just as I would have never gotten ard to seeing a documentary on Bombay back home!!! Odd how being away makes you appreciate things more and want to be more of an 'expert' on your own country...know more about things you previously just took for granted....
We also made plans to go to Berlin with Annika...we are planning to take the weekend trip to Berlin, on the group ticket. Five ppl can trvale on that, so Annika shall get one more of her friends and we shall all go together and come back together...glad this materialised coz earlier we were depending on Hardo which now I realise wasn't fair (infact I hope he doesn't think that's the only reason we are interested in him!!!)....
Was at the computer room earlier but were booted out in 15 mins coz of some problem....so when I came to the library in connection with my Blake presentation due next week I couldn't resisit the computer....but now I must go do what I came here for....
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