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make your own map at: www.modmyprofile.com Salaam Alaikum,I'm a 2nd year doctoral student in political science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. I graduated from Purdue in 2002 with a B.A. and had a helluva time there. I used to DJ a lot more than I do now and used to hose two shows on WRAS-Atlanta - "I Don't Care" (punk) and "Radio Madras" (Indian music).I am very multi-faceted and enjoy many things in life. I hope to graduate in May 2008 and join the Peace Corps immediately afterwards. I am taking Russian classes from January as I hope to volunteer in Central Asia.
You scored as Idealist. Idealism centers around the belief that we are moving towards something greater. An odd mix of evolutionist and spiritualist, you see the divine within ourselves, waiting to emerge over time. Many religious traditions express how the divine spirit lost its identity, thus creating our world of turmoil, but in time it will find itself and all things will again become one.

Idealist

100%

Modernist

81%

Cultural Creative

81%

Existentialist

50%

Postmodernist

50%

Fundamentalist

44%

Romanticist

44%

Materialist

38%
What is Your World View?
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My Interests

Islam, India, Peace Corps, justice, human rights, politics, Chennai, Madras, Purdue, Alpha Chi Rho, Chicago Tribune, books, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cubs, music, DJing, teaching, volunteering, almond milk and oranges.

I'd like to meet:

Brown people, the compassionate, DJs, social workers, teachers, writers, Purdue alums, Crows, Chicago Bears fans, The Well Read, the passionate, etc.

Music:

Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, Queen, The Band, Black Sabbath, Nick Cave, Bardo Pond, Hot Chip, State of Bengal, Midival Punditz, Thievery Corporation, Nitin Sawhney, Talvin Singh, Sharaab, DJ Swivel, Badmarsh and Shri, Sub Swara, DJ Rekha, Bobby Friction, DJ Pathaan, Bopadum, K. Vaidyanathan, Zakir Hussain, Tabla Beat Science, Foo Fighters, Coldplay, Jimmy Eat World, Ramones, The Clash, Bad Brains, Black Flag, Minor Threat, X, The Adolescents, Generation X, The Subhumans, Crass, 7 Seconds, Fear, The Circle Jerks, The Stooges, Mason Jennings, Kings of Leon, My Morning Jacket, etc.

Movies:

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Back to the Future, Star Wars, Motorcyle Diaries, Chariots of Fire, The Godfather, etc.

Television:

I think the last 10 min. of the finale of "Six Feet Under" is the best and most poignant television I have ever seen. Alan Ball is a genius.

Books:

"The Sound and the Fury," "Sometimes a Great Notion," "How to Be Alone," etc.

My favorite authors are Narayan, Iqbal, Faulkner, London, Steinbeck, Hemingway, Frantzen, Dos Passos, Bukowski, B.E. Ellis, Eliot, etc.

I like this couplet from Mohammed Iqbal's poem, "The Denier of Love is an Infidel" (original in Farsi):
"I have not checked the validity of the ways and wonts of Islamic Law/ Except this, that the denier of love is an infidel and a heathen."

Heroes:

Mordechai Aneliwicz

My Blog

Robert Vincent Morea: 1979 - 2005, RIP buddy

I went to Robert's memorial/visitation yesterday and it was probably one of the most un-depressing events of that kind. It was so hard to be sad when there were photo montages of "Bobby" everywhere - ...
Posted by Indian Nerd on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:51:00 PST