While the need for silence has kept me away from the virtual world, there is also another reason for my silence particularly here on Tumblr for the past month and a half. I had applied to a couple of universities in the US for MFA in Creative Writing. While I couldn’t make it to a couple of fully-funded programs, The New School in New York has given me admission. And this is an expensive private school that was not even on my cards until a friend suggested it saying it’s a great community of artists and that one of his friends had studied there. I have this great opportunity staring at me but I’m feeling helpless. Banks don’t give me loans as I have nothing to pledge (wonder why they even call it education loan), and a couple of sources I was counting on backed out in the past few days and am running out of time to arrange for funds. Good folks on Tumblr, please let me know if you know if you know of any organisations/institutions that might be of help. This is a great opportunity and my eventual dream of translating some world-class Kannada works into Englilsh (apart from my own writing attempts) will have some great exposure if I get to study in New York. This is something I know I’m good at and I’m hoping to make it happen with some help.
