Archive for October, 2006

Support Justice for Janitors in Houston!

Posted by Vivek on October 31st, 2006

Dear friends, foes, bloggers, and web cruisers,
There’s a fight going on right now. Its happening in Houston this time, where janitors are striking and coming together to fight for decent wages, healthcare, and perhaps more importantly, dignity and respect. Houston’s the only major city in the country that still utilizes the [...]

Tea time

Posted by Vivek on October 26th, 2006

The time drew through me too quick, too easy to make sense more than once. It was only for that time that the time made sense.
I’m talking about most of my days, the ways time runs throughout, a fervent arbiter, peeking its way into my world through my clocks: my watch, my computer, [...]

Love and Justice

Posted by Vivek on October 21st, 2006

Those were the words that stuck out, in neon, in heavy-handed pristine form, those were the words that made an impression. I got an email from a friend who wished those things upon her recipients, and I realized that its been awhile since I thought of those two words together.
A strange juxtaposition, love and [...]

Margins as Mainstream?

Posted by Vivek on October 15th, 2006

Its hard to know what to write about when most of what I think about these days is this strange abstraction called the law. Its contours, its restrictions, its normative motions are soaking up most of my time.
So how do I make this bloggable? Have I gotten so deep into this that it [...]