What a wonderful busy day! A hearty breakfast at the hotel, followed by a presentation about my work to Yogesh Chandrani’s class on Culture, Power and History in South Asia. Excellent questions from his students who have read Vazira Zamindar’s work very carefully. Had fun asking Yogesh what it was like to have been a student of both Eqbal Ahmed and Edward Said. Lunch with Tamara Bentley, the head of South Asian Studies, with whom I connected immediately, like she was a long lost friend. Screening of A Thin Wall at 4pm with great attendance and questions and then dinner at Garden of the Gods Club with Colorado College faculty. It’s such a treat to talk to brilliant people who do work in English and French but also in Chinese and Sanskrit, and who study art, religion and anthropology as well as Indian film. They analyzed A Thin Wall with such attentiveness and genius that I felt overwhelmed. I’m so incredibly lucky to do the work I do and to know the people I know.
