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. finally beginning to sink my teeth into SRI, the sustainable agriculture project I’m helping with. then again, work has been hard. my enthusiasm comes and goes in spurts because of my floating role in the organization. i am still negotiating whether or not to cross certain lines and fully participate. i should take advantage of this year, i know. i know i should be doing many things and not having time is not an excuse. i know the type of people i should be meeting, i know the work I should be doing. but guess what, i’m okay not fullfilling everyones expectations. i don’t have time to be inspiring, i’m just trying to do what i can right now.
despite certain crisis, (it’s not a crisis. i am okay not oozing radical crit out of every orifice and pore) somehow i’ve become a busy person. when i’m not working, i have only nights and sundays to be in kolkata. rather than skim the reason i’m here, i’ll give justice to everything when I have a day to think and break it down. but here are some silly compromising photos of halloween.
we went to a horrendous halloween party, then to amazing dim sum at 4am, ending with a boat ride on the hoogley. many were lost during the course of the night. they were sorely missed.
ps- it was so hot that we ditched our costumes within the first half hour.
pps- some of the folks i have met in kolkata are really wonderful. and this is coming from someone who generally despises everyone.
ppps- this psudo crisis crap is really crap. i’m having a great time, i’m learning a lot, and i’m honing what it is i want to do in the immediate future. i’m not as insecure as i make it sound. no worries wonderful people. my closeted but abounding enthusiasm is still chugging on.
