Chennai Chatter

A month and a half into the longest vacation of my life. You'd think I'd be bored by now. Instead I'm having the time of my life.

I've been doing all the things I've always wanted to, and never really had the time to. Like filling in endless forms for visa applications, work permits and background checks.

I also managed to read a whole bunch of really nice books including some Gogol, Erica Jong, lots of plays - Tendulkar, Tennessee Williams, and Moliere. All in all a fun time.

Another play looms large in July, bigger than the previous one.

Plus we're going to Frisco, Colorado, Alaska on a family vacation after ages.

Much fun it is!

Of Random Conversations

Between my sister and I this afternoon :

She : If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Me : I don't know.. I'm sleeping!

She : Ok, if I could be any animal.. what do you see me as?
Me : Leave me alone.. Ok.. a .. Cat!

She : But I don't like cats.. Waitaminnnitt.. YOU don't like Cats! :(

I tried telling her about Henry James, who once said "Cats and Monkeys, Monkeys and Cats - all human life is there". She was not pleased!

Which reminded me of another James quotation, one of my all time favorites -

"We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. "