थौघ्ट्स.

two days ago a dear friend convinced me to see slumdog millionaire for the first time at this little art theater near campus. i'd been holding off, not knowing when i would be stable enough to actually sit through a film of my beloved india.
and those colors, that hindi that i still remembered, those little things like the head bobble which have become so much a part of me--they made me miss it all so much.

today, i boarded a plane to washington dc--to interview tomorrow morning for a fellowship that would take me back to india for a whole year. and i am nervous, but so excited--this is what i want to do with my life! perhaps i am nervous because of just that--i fear not being able to express in words what that six months of my life meant for me, being able to convince these people to invest in me to work in this project (this is the article national geographic wrote on them for the november issue--yes, the national geographic. i would be working there.)

मुझे अप्चो बहुत बहुत मिस कार रही हे। पेर्मिशोर, मह भारत से लीजिये। मह हिन्दी बोलना सुक्टी हे।
i miss speaking in हिन्दी.

if you remember, please be praying for my interview tomorrow morning at 10am.