Yeah. So. I had some issues with my ISP. Practical upshot was that I had 15 essays, a quiz, and a 10-page research paper that I couldn't turn in. So Thursday night, I finally get the okay from my professor to turn them in late and still get full credit. However (gotta be a catch, right?). She has to turn in grades Saturday evening. So she gave me until noon Saturday (My time, Central... She's in Pacific) In about 2 hours time I did all the essays (which I'd done the readings for when assigned) including citing sources, as well as taken the test. So. Tonight was for working on the Research Paper. I find myself doing anything BUT working on it, and it's a full quarter of my grade for the class! Here I am writing a blog about writing the paper instead of writing the ding-dang paper. The topic is an engaging one, though, and I find myself having difficulty keeping emotion out and objectivity in. Bride Burning.
Edit: turned it in with a whole 7 minutes to spare!
If anyone is interested, here is a list of my sources:
- Yasui, B. (1996). Bride-burning claims hundreds in India. CNN Online. Retrieved May 16, 2008, from http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9608/18/bride.burn/index.html
- Lakhani, A. (2005). Bride-Burning: The "Elephant in the Room" Is Out of Control. Rutgers. Retrieved May 16, 2008, from http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~rcrlj/articlespdf/lakhani.pdf
- Powell, A. (1998). Conference on Bride-Burning in India To Be Held at Harvard. The Harvard University Gazette. Retrieved May 16, 2008, from http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/ 1998/12.03/bride.html
- Parameswaran, R. (1994, February 17). Coverage of "Bride Burning" in the Dallas Observer. Frontiers. Retrieved May 16, 2008, from http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3687/is_199601/ai_n8740206
- Fisher, M. P. (2002). Living Religions: A brief introduction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
- Thakur, H. (1999, June). Are our sisters and daughters for sale? India Together Online. Retrieved May 16, 2008, from http://www.indiatogether.org/wehost/nodowri/stats.htm
- Iqbal, A. (2007, February 8). Bride Burning — in the name of dowry. Aisha — Perpetually Befuddled. Retrieved May 16, 2008, from http://aishaiqbal.blogspot.com/2007/02/bride-burning.html
- King, L. R. (2000). Night Work. New York: Bantam.
- Bantwal, S. (2007). The Dowry Bride. New York: Kensington Publishing Corp.