LOG 4.2: The beginning of the End

 Posted on December 20, 2014  |  3 minutes  |  615 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

20th December 2013 Hello everyone, So, it’s been a long silence. Three months and no word. How are you? As some of you may have seen on fb, my first first-author paper got accepteda few weeks ago and published this week. [Read More]
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LOG 4.1: Thoughts on a rainy afternoon

 Posted on September 14, 2014  |  7 minutes  |  1313 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

14th September 2013 Hello everyone, I live close to the Uni so my daily space is very small. But recently I have visited my old flatmate Lea in Bremen once for dinner and once for their housewarming party. [Read More]
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LOG 3.6: Five Months

 Posted on April 8, 2014  |  4 minutes  |  761 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

8th April 2013 Hi! Yes, it’s been a long time. Nearly 5 months since I last wrote an update email. In November I went to Berlin for my UK visa, and spent whatever hours I was not at work or sleeping on writing a novel. [Read More]
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LOG 3.4: Munich

 Posted on November 19, 2013  |  7 minutes  |  1491 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

Hello, Happy Pillayaar Chathurthi (festival for Ganesha- the elephant headed god) to you and your families 🙂 I just got back from lunch with my Indian friends. [Read More]
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LOG 3.2: Music in the Air

 Posted on July 14, 2013  |  3 minutes  |  535 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

14th July, 2012 Hello everyone! Every Friday since I last wrote to you I have been going to 22 Otto Suhr Strasse for making music with the band. [Read More]
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LOG 3.1: Summer Solstice

 Posted on June 21, 2013  |  3 minutes  |  496 words  |  Janani Dhinakaran

21st June, 2012 Happy Summer Solstice everyone 🙂 It has been two weeks since I got back to Germany from India. All the trees grew back their leaves in the month I was gone so everything looks and feels alive! [Read More]
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