Paper

Paper, a film by Kannan Arunasalam Based off of the name of this film, what do you think it is about? When in your life do you use paper? Could you use less paper in your life than you currently do? What would your life be like without paper? My students at...

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving has come and gone in Sri Lanka, largely it was unnoticed. In an attempt to share some American culture with my students, I decided that the entirety of my classes today would be based on the American festival of Thanksgiving. I began class by writing the...

Trinco Town

Last Monday I arrived at Sarvodaya’s headquarters in Moratuwa. I had been staying with a few other Fulbrighters who rented a house in Colombo, and I had enjoyed a great weekend strolling about town. I was all packed, and my car arrived at eight in the morning. When I...

My First Change.org Petition

Several weeks ago I started a Change.org petition to try and convince Citi Bank to defer my student loans. As it turns out, if you annoy a bank enough they’ll just sell your loan to get rid of you. After about three weeks of running the petition I received a...

What’s a Fulbright?

When I tell people I’ve received a Fulbright there has been two common responses: Congratulations! That’s awesome, where are you going? What’s a Fulbright? The latter is more common than the former, which is quite surprising to me. So here is my...