The paradigm shift ....

 "मुंबईकरों ने आज खिली धूप के साथ सोमवार की शुरुआत की... वजह है लगातार 3 दिन तक बरस रही बारिश के बाद मिली चैन की सांस... हम इस वक्त है दादर के हिंदमाता इलाके में, जहां पिछले तीन दिन से घुटने तक भरे पानी ने इस इलाके की आवाजही अस्तव्यस्त कर दी थी...लेकिन आज ना यहा पानी भरा है और ना ही हमेशा की तरह ट्रेफिक की समस्यांओं को मुंबईकरों को जुंझना पड रहा है..." 

I read this walk-through (a reporter gives information from the spot but it’s not LIVE) saved in my mobile dated 6th August 2012.  Exactly one year back to this day, life was completely different. How I enjoyed reporting at Worli Sea Face (high tides)/ Kurla Station (effects of rains on the local trains!) or outside Amitabh's bungalow (like seriously? Rains & Amitabh - the most stupid place to report from)

Today, I sit in my AC cubicle drafting this post. So different, yet so intoxicating 

A year back, never did it cross my conscious mind that I would be out of the media, in the corporate. NEVER

But sub-consciously my mind was somewhere else. And that is where I ultimately landed. The big wide world of Corporate Communications 

A world full of surprises; understanding MOU's, review meets, event coordination committee meeting, submitting closure reports (any one of my reporter friends who are reading this; closure matlab Jo kiya uska credit lena... ye jindgi me nahi kiya mene kabhi!!!). Oh and report on time and nothing without mail. 

Frankly; I don’t know which life is better. Media had its thrill, adventure, stories to tell. On the opposite end Corporates is a relatively safe and sound environment with luxury (here - personal life) given to you.

But after reading that walk-through in my phone today, I seriously felt, how I used to enjoy the rains with the sea spraying over my face! How I used to enjoy bhuttas on Juhu beach, how I used to cherish the moments with water falling on the car's window with my ears plugged to my favorite tunes... but alas! those days are over. 

Now life has got a whole new meaning. It’s not just about giving daily stories, it’s not just about LIVE madness but another level of professional fulfillment.   

 I am content ... Diplomacy is the new key...