when you take a year off. when you are not in a typical school.
the last one year i have been working.
i realised i have not written much. i moved from one top advertising agency to another within that one year. i have worked on a distance education brand, an instant pasta and noodle brand, a chewing gum and bubble gum brand, a fashion retail brand, a fashion brand, a real estate brand, and a stationery brand. i guess i know quite a bit about these brands, their competitors and those who consume those brands.
to give myself credit i have read quite a bit. non- brand, non- advertising stuff.
roland barthes- camera lucida, bertrand russell- marriage and morals, some asterix comic books, joseph campbell- the power of myths, devdutt patnaik- myth vs mithia, marguerite duras- moderato cantabile, some malayalam novels by vaikom mohammad basheer, zachariah, m.t. vasudevan nair...
the most interesting development has been that i have tried my hand at cooking. and i realised i m not horrible at it. i make food that is edible, even liked by some people, :) some say its really nice.
i dabble with paint as well. a few small canvases have been completed, some gifted to friends, some forcefully taken by friends :)
writing somehow has taken a backseat, i shall try to do this more often yet again.
but the key learning this year has been that, learning is lesser when you are working. i like the learning that happens when i am not working. :(
