Major Gear Shift!!
Last week, I had my MPhil viva. I expected to faint, go tongue tied or hyperventilate inside the chairperson's room where the viva was conducted. But when I 'emerged' from the room to my darling Phabo waiting in the corridor 32 minutes later (Yes! he timed me) I realized I was still kicking. My dissertation was combed with a fine tooth comb and my external examiner also gave me suggestions on how to go about from the thesis and what all and what not to continue doing. By the way, my dissertation was on "Definite and Indefinite Descriptions in Mizo"
So considering the inputs from my Viva and many others, my supervisor and I decided to switch gears with my PhD synopsis. Initially, I was planning to work on 'the morpho-syntax of Mizo and Lai', but now, I've started drafting another one on 'the descriptive study on the nominal groups in Mizo and Lai'. I know, I know, my previous synopsis is already complete. The stress, sleepless nights and trips to North Delhi for data collection, I will not mention. Major gear shift ey? But if, in the end, the shift is helping me write a better, stronger and more solid thesis, sacrificing 6 months is nothing at all.
So it seems I'll spend a majority of my summer on the field collecting data. I can't wait to start! I just hope I'll get to travel WITHOUT parental supervision. But from this evening's call with my dad, it seems it won't be happening! "...But I've been waiting for you to come home, so we can both travel. I have some work down south too!!" Dad, I'm only 4 years away from 30!
So I'll have to meet my supervisor for a couple more times before I leave, clear everything with the questionnaires and identify what details I should be looking out for. Then I'm off. I'll be home after 2 years!! Untill then, with my roomie gone for vacay, I'll try to battle off prickly heat with DermiCool powder and party in the heat with Maximus and Mr. Crabbs, my two room lizards!
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