Hello Long Distance (Former) Co-intern, It is the 6th week of my most amazing internship. However, I must admit that as the weeks are passing by, the work is getting dull and redundant. I guess it’s leading to brain drain and there is a very specific reason behind it. And it’s the office environment. Every single office where I have previously interned has had this system of appreciating your work when you have done good work and I used to get works from multiple people thus, praise from multiple people too. But this time it has been just one; the programme manager, who gives me work and praises and acknowledges my work. Not that I really crave for it but it actually motivates me. I don’t know and can’t say how it works with others. This I found most encouraging when I came to intern in Delhi for the first time in December 2017 with Newslaundry. Particularly, it was Atul sir who always had words of praise for me and meeting and learning from Meghnad, Aakash, Madhu Trehan and Abhinandan was a great experience. Not forgetting the fabulous Manisha who had then just started hosting a new show Newsance. The show was conceptualised when I was interning with them. It was my last week there if I am not wrong and I am so proud of the fact that they very enthusiastically worked on it and point out all the nuisance in the news and show the mockery of news that is cast by Zee, ABP, India Today and the great Times Now and Republic (of Rhetoric) TV. Next to that was CIS, where they treated interns very nicely, where we got cakes and chill time along with a lot of learning experience. Not forgetting all those great books Swaraj gave us and me especially. Then the future of India fellowship where I had the time of my life and finally the internship at FDR which was also nice, however, work wise, this internship with ADR has to be the best I have ever had and very challenging I must say.
But no, brain drain as I talk about it, is not because of the employees. It is because of lack of interaction. Interaction between us co interns. I don’t have a Devyani whom I had at Newslaundry who would listen to the most embarrassing work place experience I have had while taking a walk out in the cold. Nor are my fellows here, all of whom were the best of strangers one can befriend. As you know, I am usually awkward around new people but them people did their job very nicely I guess that we are such good friends now. Neither do I have a Vasavi who was there at FDR who again took a walk with me whenever I fancied. A Vasavi, who made me feel comfortable at a place where I felt alienated out of most conversations because I didn’t know the local language. We had a great time there. With all the fun food time we had, and the walks to the metro after work where I dropped her on my way home. We actually became so close and it’s amazing how things worked out from the first awkward moment when we first met. She still would ‘kick me’ at the mention of the way I greeted her when I greeted her the first time. But now I am here, and the co interns barely talk. With the earlier guys, I could talk about work where if and when I had a doubt or required a second opinion or even make a conversation to form an opinion about something, some debate or some task or bitch about the crap load of work we used to get. Going out and having fun. I guess it’s all a complete package and this time around this major package is missing. I have the toughest work of drafting arguments in the Supreme Court against the Union of India in the electoral bonds case as well as the Delhi High court case on capping political party expenditure in elections, apart from which I am also supposed to write a research paper by 28th June. I really could use a ‘walk the talk’ or something to kick off my thought process debating for and against the stupid motion. Sigh! I guess it isn’t gonna happen with me, not in this internship. Anyway, You are in LONDON now. LSE. Wow! And I already miss you bitch. Come back soon. You take care there and whenever you need me I can actually multi task you know. Keep sending me shady shit as well as burning me up with all the beauty of London. Eat loads, sleep loads. Have fun and tell me stories whenever you come back. And I’d really love to be the Joey to your Monica and say “IN LONDON”. Avail me of that opportunity, ass. Your Rosogulla flavoured friend (lol) Always Idealistic Toshan
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