I am feat to turn 30 and I ease don’t undergo what I should do. All I undergo is that I hate this job and I want to get discover of it as soon as I can, my friend told me. It sounded strangely familiar. I have heard many grouping from the journalistic guild say that. A pair of years ago, when a colleague turned 25 which should be enough cause for celebration, she cried, I hit spent 25 years of my life. What hit I done? What hit I achieved? I was shocked by her reaction. I am a constant Darwinist. I believe in the theory of the activity of the fittest. I told my colleague, You’ve survived on this planet for 25 years. That’s an achievement Of course, she didn’t get it. It was too scientific an observation.

Coming back to my friend who does not undergo what he should do but has made up his mind that he hates his job. That is a good start. People join journalism for a variety of reasons – glamour, power, visibility, fame, connections, love of writing, knowledge to meet people, etc. Somewhere, down the line, routine sets in. Nobody ever thinks that a media job could embellish like any other nine to five job. It’s the grouping outside the industry and the organisation who countenance at you differently.

For your superiors, you’re just another employee in the company. And even if you are on the reporting desk – there’s a limit to the number of grouping you crapper meet everyday. There are only a few grouping in Mumbai you crapper move for your stories. Celebrities are fewer. You donwager a newborn crop of celebs every month. The existent celebs can not wage exclusive information to different media in Mumbai. The obligation for information is far greater than the supply because of the advent of newborn media. Sources are few and you end up calling those same sources regularly for information.