Naipaul first visited India in the 1960s, a journey that "broke his life into two" — the same decade as when he extensively travelled the postcolonial ‘Third World’. This is articles from those years. A clinical and moving bunch on the impossibility of decolonisation and the long shadow of empires; on his encounter with India in a decade of famine, war, drought, and reform; a fragmented country "without even an idea of a graded but linked society"; on the teeming mass of former ‘colonials’ who can’t help but seek out a metropolitan life.
Loved this to bits.
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100 Days of Productivity [16-17/100]
12.2.23 | December is here! I've got a big group presentation this Thursday, and then another next Wednesday, so I've been picking away at those when I feel well enough. I plan to finish a large portion of this week's project today, including the 2-page paper I have to submit with it.
I started reading "Atonement of the Spine Cleaver" by F.E. Bryce, and I'm enjoying it so far.
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55/100 days of productivity • 02/03/2024
If only the weekend was 3 days …
Lots of reading :
• Pedagogy
• Arts
• Methodology
• Portuguese
And
•Mails
• Walk for 1 hour
• Duolingo: Portuguese for 30 min + Japanese
• Rest while watching Gilmore girls
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Oh wow, I got a B from the educational policy course exam even though it felt awfully difficult and I wasn't sure if I would even pass!
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my brain energy is GONE, how do i refill i genuinely want to study but cant
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22.05.13// some photos i took in manchester! today was super productive - i’ve completed the second round of dissertation edits and have just few sources to add to the references section! also, I bought some books yesterday, so i hope i’ll manage to read a bit after work :)!
oh! i also have an insta: @/isitreallyalicja :D
listening: yuri into you
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Of all imaginary animals, the most profoundly fantastic is, without any doubt, the one often referred to as ‘man’ or ‘human being’. It is very difficult to have a clear image of how ‘man’ appears, since its body is almost invariably covered with furs, textiles and plastic. Its natural state, if it has or ever did have one, is a complete mystery. To compound the confusion, it constantly imitates other animals, wearing feathers like a bird or howling like a wolf. And that is just the beginning. Not only do human beings shroud their bodies, but they disguise their smell with shaving lotion, perfume or deodorant. They dye their hair and cover their skin with paint or permanent ink. They project images of themselves into boxes or onto screens, and their voices all over the world. Other animals, especially those in the wild, must often think that human beings do not have bodies at all. Creatures of the woods may take people for dreams, hallucinations or shape-shifters.
Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human by Boria Sax
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23 / 100
03.09.2022
same cup, same journal, different mornings
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ah yeah, study plans.
i started to set up my new bujo for the summer break + next academic year cuz i decided that i want to have the whole year in one place! i also set it up all at once and i found the one spread that doesnt overwhelm me, so everything will be the same.
i finally started to properly accomodate my autistic brain and it will heavily reflect in the new bujo
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Study Inspo <3
It’s finals week atm and i’ve just been so busy 😣
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