Overview of all pages with the category #Letters

SVL 1.4: The Great Outdoors and Indoors

Posted on July 29, 2015 | 3 minutes | 626 words | Janani Dhinakaran

After I wrote to you the previous time, we went out and went to DeeDees, a Gujarati restaurant for dinner. Just near where we parked, I took these pictures. [Read More]

SVL 1.3: Independence

Posted on July 18, 2015 | 8 minutes | 1576 words | Janani Dhinakaran

18th July 2014 Dear family and friends 🙂 How are you? I’ve been happy to hear from more of you recently. Life has taken on more of a normal rhythm now that it’s been ~a month since I landed. [Read More]

SVL 1.2: Two weeks in the USA

Posted on July 2, 2015 | 4 minutes | 836 words | Janani Dhinakaran

2nd July 2014 Hello everyone, Today I took the drivers’ written test and passed with flying colours. I got all answers correct! I studied hard for the last couple of days although I was preparing using videos even sometime last week. [Read More]

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Sunnyvale Letters (SVL) 1: Wedding and After

Posted on June 21, 2015 | 18 minutes | 3816 words | Janani Dhinakaran

June 21st 2014 Happy Summer Solstice everyone! 🙂 I woke up at 5am because of jetlag and my husband, Santosh, is still sleeping. I’ve been wanting to write every day of the last month but things have been so busy. [Read More]

LOG 4.4: Defense on Monday

Posted on April 11, 2015 | 3 minutes | 445 words | Janani Dhinakaran

11th April 2014 Hello, I submitted my thesis on the 7th of March and my defense is on 14th April, the coming Monday at 11am. I present my studies for half an hour and then face questions from the committee and audience for the next half an hour or so. [Read More]

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LOG 4.3: Another Publication and Plans

Posted on February 13, 2015 | 2 minutes | 309 words | Janani Dhinakaran

13the February, 2014 Hello everyone, I’m happy to report my second paper was accepted for publication today. It will become available in another few weeks. Thesis work is progressing well overall. [Read More]

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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 3.7 Of rain and coming home

Posted on June 19, 2014 | 3 minutes | 463 words | Janani Dhinakaran

19th June 2013 The sound, smell and sight of a storm are reassuring and comforting to me. I sit here thousands of miles away listening to Ghanana ghanana from Lagaan for a moment transported to Bangalore. [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]