I read texts to find out how objects in a text move me.

More specifically, I read Malayalam novels (and other texts both fiction and non-fiction) with a focus on rice—the object-rice used in the text—to understand how it affects the way we understand the meaning of ‘Kerala’ and ‘Malayali’.

Why do I want to study this:

1. Objects surround us and we interact with them. Part/whole of lived experience.
2. Language is around us and we interact with language. Part/whole of lived experience.
3. Objects in language brings both together.
4. Form is seductive.
5. Language and things move us.