It’s probably easier to not compromise when we are
younger. That’s a sound argument for always staying young at heart.
Dreams
When I decided to study English at graduation, that
was when I stuck up for what I believed in. People said it doesn’t pay, it’s
for self satisfaction, it has no career prospects.
I thought I’d become a journalist, but I actually
wanted to become a better writer. I did. Not become a journalist, but a better
writer.
Somewhere along the line, our dreams may change.
Reality impacts them, so it is but natural that they do. Still, if we don’t
dream, how will we live?
Even when I finished graduation, my love for
literature remained. Unconsciously, I still approach art the same way we were
taught. What’s the sub text?
Reality
My MBA taught me about a different kind of sub
text. What’s the agenda? Just another word for sub text. One that isn’t
academic, a little more menacing.
Magic realism
The two have fused. I use both today, whether it is
at work or at home. Both talked about people. Negotiation involves
understanding what makes people tick. Negotiation was something I learnt
practically at b-school, but used as a term in College.
Foucault’s words on the relation between power and
knowledge- first came across them in College. See their truth around me
everywhere.
The production of fiction as a commodity- popular
fiction- was again something revealed to me in my second year in College.
Studied its marketing at b-school and am now trying to practically do it at
work.
Authorship
Even if one sticks to a pure ivory tower, it’s
difficult. It will get polluted. The atmosphere’s not the cleanest. Why not
then control what influences our thoughts, and act keeping reality in mind, not
just idealism?
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