Happy Diwali!

Let’s all celebrate this Diwali in the true spirit. Let us light up our lives and the lives of our loved ones with happiness and smiles. Let’s have love conquer us all and may differences disappear.

Mumbai meri jaan!!!

In the monsoons of 1998, a young man came to the city of dreams – Mumbai. All he had was a hope that may just be able to survive and earn a living. His only desire then was to join advertising. The young man was down personally and professionally. Finances were weak, and he was ready to work with any agency that would earn him a living. 

 

Coming from a smaller town to the metropolis of Mumbai itself was a big rude awakening. Too many people, too occupied with their own set of problems. Classic Mumbai. Every morning he joined the countless, nameless and faceless people to take a train to town and then start working his way back to the suburbs with stops at all places where placement agencies were located. 73 placement agencies could not get him a job. Not one. At some places, he even made cold calls and just dropped in his resume at the reception. Every evening, back to a home, physically exhausted, but waiting for the next sunrise for the new set of people to call on. Never tired of the the prospects though.

 

In about two months, he got a random call from a small agency. “We can pay you 5000 if you can start working tomorrow”. He did.

 

Mumbai, has been kind since then. It fuelled my desires, my happiness, my life. I grew up in Pune, but I have grown in Mumbai. Thank you Mumbai.