Sunday, October 17

Aussies-Deadlines-Ponnappa-ToI. Change.

Australians, notwithstanding the unrelated fact that they are bad losers, have implemented the two-innings-in-a-limited-overs-match format, the advertisement for which proclaimed the beaten-to-death cliche of "the only constant is change".

Ofcourse, things change. For starters, I am writing again. I am not 22M anymore, as the badge on my blog currently claims. I am 23M and firmly on track to hit 24M soon. I don't even stay in Chennai, fortunately or unfortunately. I stay in Bombay now, fortunately. I am not reachable on Facebook, as I was for most of the last year or two in college. My roommates have changed. I am earning - that is a welcome change. I am not my own boss anymore - I have a real boss, one with flesh and blood. The deadlines are not flexible, infact, they are as good as engraved in stone. Most of my clothes are clean as are my utensils. Oh, I have utensils too. Women around me cannot be referred to as chicks, females or girls anymore. They have to be referred to as women - sometimes out of compulsive polity and other times due to the organisational policies. Bunking the 8 'o clock classes is not an option because there are NO 8'o clock classes anymore, there are only 8'o clock reviews, the kind your boss would not appreciate if you miss. On another note, 8 AM in India is not just 8 AM in India anymore - it is 10.30 AM in Singapore and 3.30 AM in London. And it is 15 minutes away from the first daily submission routine, at 8.15 AM.

Apologies are now apols, presentations are now presos, "dude" has now become "mate", and "Fuck you" has now become "Sure, Sir". Change can be good and intoxicating. This change, from the wilderness of a student life to the almost artificial, perhaps farticifial, and forced-discipline of corporate life has been good and intoxicating, both, and promises to be better.

That India could get 101 medals in any sporting event is a change that is hard to believe. Much like the fact that they let someone like a Kalmadi take charge, in the first place. And when at it, Lalit Bhanot, too. [Lalit Bhanot and Kalmadi warrant an entire blog, not just blogpost, on them - they are a writer's dream]. The Games did much good. The opening ceremony, the unprecedented medals tally, performances in track and field, young sportsmen from the lesser known places of the country, the amazing victory in 4X400m women's relay, Saina Nehwal and Ashwini Ponnappa, the closing ceremony - indicate a welcome and a long, long overdue change.

One thing, though, has not changed and that is the ever-so abysmal quality of reporting by M/s Times of India. That their headline article could actually say "2 parts to Hindus, 1 part to Muslims" - in big bold letters on a day that could have left the nation torn just goes to show that someone very high up in that organisation is either deranged or just plainly incapable of being at the helm of the mouthpiece of a progressive nation. Somethings, after all, never change.

A post on the blog after such a long break warrants an explanation on the underlying motivation. Much thanks to Archana for pepping me all the time, to mom for candidly admitting that she missed my blog, to sister for blatantly admitting that she missed my blog and to a few others who did mail and "facebook-message" me prompting me to write. What tipped it off, though, was a rather unexpected fan mail (Fan mail!!) from Divish, from IITD. Thanks, Divish. :-)

17 comments:

jimmy said...

Glad !

gRAVIty said...

Interesting contrast between 22M and 23M :)

Czar said...

Usually after a hiatus the quality is low. In this case, it was high.

Look forward to frequent posts.

And yes! TOI deserves a national award on insensitivity.

Archana said...

Very glad that you have finally risen from the ashes Vikas !!! From what I read in your post,I understand that things have changed a lot.Hope this change would do a lot of good to you and help you in every way possible.

Divish said...

Your post is still as captivating as it was before. Thankfully, few things never change. :-)

Kudos to India for CWG and hopefully, it will repeat it in China.

All the best for your post-IIT life :-)

Sumedh V. Vidwans said...

The 2-1 scoreline ToI made appalled me too. But I thought, it was only in the Chennai edition. Sad to know it is was the same elsewhere in the country too.

Abhishek Kannur said...

Welcome back! I have something to look forward to on my Google reader now.

Ujwal said...

How did you manage to get time dude(sorry, mate)? Did you bunk 8am class(sorry again,.. ) by any chance? :P
M curious, what's ur take on sachin's performance in the last series?
Good comeback post.. keep writing!

Manu Dev Gupta / Gilly said...

Cool comeback!
agree with that 2-1 shit in TOI...
keep posting more...

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