It's my last day in India, I leave for Malaysia tomorrow. As much as I love India it definitely feels like it's time to go. India always gets under my skin, I love it so much and yet I can't seem to deal with it beyond 3 weeks. I was talking with some people I met last night at the SOAS Alumni dinner in Delhi and I was unable to explain why 3 weeks is my cut off point. On the one hand India is culturally as close it's going to get for a Malaysian of Tamil descent living in London but on the other hand there is so much about India that feels rather alien. I gather that as usual I am not being particularly articulate, never been a strength so bear with me. Once I find a better way to articulate these issues of identity, culture etc I'll give it another go. In any case, long story short I am super excited about heading back to Malaysia tomorrow.

I think the alumni dinner in Delhi went really well. The photo of the group catches the essence of the evening, it's was chilled out and a lot of fun. It's one of my favourite things about this job, the really cool people I get to meet through the SOAS network. So although these alumni dinners are 'technically' work they never feel that way and I think it's great to be able to say that work doesn't feel like 'work'. A real blessing! See if you can spot me in the photo :)