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I have so much work to do.
I am, however, not doing it right now. I really need a breather because from tomorrow to next Tuesday I'm not going to able to call my soul my own, and then I have to study for the finals. I devoutly hope they're not stacked right on top of each other, I could really use more than one day to study for them. Of course, if they get done by the first week of December, I could go home earlier, but I want the TIME.
My parents want me to fly home from Ranchi again but I've persuaded them to let me take the train. They think it's too dangerous, because of the Naxalites along the route but plenty of students travel to Calcutta by train and I don't want to live in this country and be deathly afraid of the routine risks that people take here everyday. I'm taking the train.
I have spent approximately half my life in India, and half of it abroad. But I'm Indian. I want to be able to live here if I want to. My parents have made it clear that I should try to move back abroad. Life here is too difficult for me. But except for the college thing, most of those decisions were made for me as a child and even college itself was a corollary of those. I want this option back on the table and I will do what it takes to put it there.
I am, however, not doing it right now. I really need a breather because from tomorrow to next Tuesday I'm not going to able to call my soul my own, and then I have to study for the finals. I devoutly hope they're not stacked right on top of each other, I could really use more than one day to study for them. Of course, if they get done by the first week of December, I could go home earlier, but I want the TIME.
My parents want me to fly home from Ranchi again but I've persuaded them to let me take the train. They think it's too dangerous, because of the Naxalites along the route but plenty of students travel to Calcutta by train and I don't want to live in this country and be deathly afraid of the routine risks that people take here everyday. I'm taking the train.
I have spent approximately half my life in India, and half of it abroad. But I'm Indian. I want to be able to live here if I want to. My parents have made it clear that I should try to move back abroad. Life here is too difficult for me. But except for the college thing, most of those decisions were made for me as a child and even college itself was a corollary of those. I want this option back on the table and I will do what it takes to put it there.