Menaka Nayyar

New York University B.A. 2002, M.A. 2004; London School of Economics MSc Human Rights 2005

Foreign Service officer

does AFSA count?

all the pretty things -- art, travel, music, books, film, writing, dancing -- and the not-so pretty things, like human rights and geopolitics...

The Fall of Public Man, AHWOSG, The Fall, American Psycho, White Teeth, The Hours, Atonement, A Lost Lady, Jude the Obscure, Pride and Prejudice, Ariel, Les Fleurs du Mal, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Morris Goes to School

Anything Audrey, Chaos, A Clockwork Orange, Secretary, Quiz Show, Three Colours Trilogy, Donnie Darko, Kill Bill, Cold Comfort Farm, Battle Royale, Gone With the Wind, The Hours, Casablanca, Wonder Boys, Bend It Like Beckham, Almodovar, Kubrick, Hitcock, Bergman

Blondie, Blur, White Stripes, Massive Attack, Duran Duran, Scissor Sisters, Morrissey, Beth Orton, Bjork, Helio Sequence, Spiritualized, jazz, Edith Piaf, opera, Radiohead, Joy Division/New Order, Tricky, Mojave 3, The Clash, Portishead, Bowie, The Cure, The Smiths, Arab Strap, Dandy Warhols, SFA, Suede, Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, Kimono, the Raveonettes...

Malcolm in the Middle, That 70s Show, Absolutely Fabulous, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, 24, Daily Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Scrubs

Virgo

tall, dark and overeducated

anyone who can hold my attention for longer than 60 seconds