Category Archives: India

This is a selection of entries from my journal during my six month stint living in Tamil Nadu, India. I offer a completely honest and utterly subjective look into life abroad as an alien rock star from the United States among Tamils and other Indians.

6. Expectations, pt.2 (8.19.2008)

A note I wrote to myself dur­ing a con­ver­sa­tion with the other SITA stu­dents and pro­gram direc­tor. Take it as one of my sud­den spats of vio­lent paranoia.

12.10.2008 – 10:23:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

7. The Pillars of Adventure (8.20.2008)

The intri­cate process of pur­chas­ing clothes from an Indian depart­ment store, plus a brief descrip­tion of walk­ing through Indian traffic.

12.10.2008 – 10:22:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

8. Thanjavur’s Temple of Shiva, Anglophile Rockstar (8.21.2008)

Visit to Thanjavur’s Tem­ple of Shiva, plus an early (and flawed) obser­va­tion of Indian gen­der relations.

12.10.2008 – 10:21:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

9. Host Family (8.22.2008)

First expe­ri­ence meet­ing my Indian host fam­ily. Krishna’s birth­day cel­e­bra­tion ensues, plus inter­est­ing, clumsy cul­tural inter­ac­tion. I make a fool of myself by fail­ing to ring Krishna’s bell properly.

12.10.2008 – 10:19:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)