Haraami Kismat!

Next Steps?

A few weeks ago I was imagining about getting a new lens and wondering which one would be my next. Broadly - macro or wide angle. Today I have the opportunity of getting a good deal but I am wondering if I really need a lens. I have lately been feeling that the quality of my photographs has been going down, and therefore my motivation too. So, will it really make any sense to spend money on more expensive gear? Or will a new toy help me get the drive to click more and better pictures. 

What is to be doing?! Your free advice is solicited. 

*Respect*

A conversation led to a question thrown at me about my internships and the bosses at each of those internships. And I realise that I had some of the best people to learn from through each one of those experiences. All five were organisations from different industries, of different sizes, and made up of fairly different people as well.

Thinking about them reminds me of the fabulous luck I have had. All of them are such brilliant minds, such amazing mentors! 

Their contribution to my professional life has been so significant that I cannot imagine where I would have been if I hadn't undertaken these internships. 

Piyush Bajpai and Laveesh Bhandari of Indicus Analytics,

Shadan Parveen, Amar Dutta and Angshuman Chakraborty of Pearson Education,

Bindiya Rawat and Aqueel Khan of ASK India,

Mitabh Saud and Sugato Hazra of Adfactors PR, and

Anshuman N. and Namita Asnani of ABB India...

...are the gods I am talking about. 

My first cheque, grammar lessons for a lifetime, the perfect perspective, insight into the world of lobbying, and an example of what leadership is all about, all this and a lot lot more has come from these people. 

Can never be thankful enough, I guess. 

Weekend Package

I am not going into the details of what I did during the weekend, but

with a Friday that had 

a light lunch with Chatterjee and a looooong walk in heels with a well-behaved knee, in the evening,

a Saturday that had

me watching two movies (Chalo Dilli and Shor in the City) back to back in a proper theatre (and not a multiplex hall), with pocorn in one and nachos in the other, and sleepover at my grandparents',

and a Sunday that

begun as early as 5:00 am for a photoshoot around the Yamuna, stopover at Chandni Chowk, chhole bhature at the Bengali Market, followed by a super afternoon spent with Avantika and Lynn,

I am now getting serious withdrawal symptoms. I don't know why I attended so many calls from office through the weekend. Have enough to do even before I get into office tomorrow. 

But what a weekend it was. Especially with the last three having been slow and boring.