Nafisa grew up in Queens NY, got some sort of degree in Ethnic Studies and Political Economy, worked in youth organizing/nonprofit, then moved to Kolkata as an AIF fellow. I have to say, I love my job and the people working here.
I hope this year stays relevant and doesn’t fade like university activism has. Recalling university movement work is like trying to revive a corpse long dead. I wouldn’t say I was a part of movement work last year really. I do value my experiences working with snlp-rebelvoices-even my last job in a way separate from coalition work. It’s not guilt of juggling the priority of experiences-scenes, but I’m not as concerned at finding magical equilibrium or connections between all these multiple experiences. I’d rather do many things, many ways. Constructing these silly lines to walk on or even project how i will become who i am supposed to become, I’m not concerned too much. I am okay with the idea of the academy and i’m not irrationally pushing forward field work and community work as the most sigularly important form of participating in the left. life is damn long.. as they would say here. all this space shouldn’t be filled in with rigid blueprints.
What terrible blog writing.
Speaking of time and change, Kali puja & Diwali just passed. Kali is the goddess of time among other things. Here’s my favorite Kali thakur. Goddess got curves. Mmmhm.
