That is exactly what I'd wanted. And thanks to torrential rain in B'bay, that is what I got. Loved every single minute of it. Quite unlike a lot of my friends who were itching to get back to work, I wanted the break to stretch on forever. Would really not have minded being paid to loll around at home reading ;-) Think that is something I can do with the rest of my life. After all, there are worse possible things to do with it.
Read Hari Kunzru's "Transmission". Was a pretty good read. Very entertaining. He sure got the characters all right down to a T - the geeky Indian programmer who gets 'body-shopped', benched, laid-off, and before I give the whole plot away, I better stop ;-)
I think that I'm tempted to slow down in life. If I can't get to where I want, then I might as well not try very hard and settle for second best. Instead, I'm looking at something that may not have been in the same contest, but will guarantee a fairly comfortable life, and leave me plenty of time to pursue my other interests. A single-minded focus on your career is possible only if you thoroughly enjoy what you do. Or if you are a Type-A intent on getting the best of everything and the best out of everybody (including yourself). I'm not a Type-A. And by no stretch of imagination can it be said that I enjoy what I'm doing. So, I tell myself, it is better to take up something else that'll give you time to explore what you really want to do other than whatever you've done till now. I've recently developed a keen interest on the influence of economics on sociology. One could say that these two fields are closely linked from time immemorial. But isn't the connection becoming more obvious in the last few years?
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Hey uber ..long time..mumbai now?
Hi cynic: Yup. Mumbai for now. Hopefully just another few months till I can move to b'lore. Hey - sms me at 98202 62209 and we could try meet some weekend b4 I leave.
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