Vibe choices
My best choices have come from convienience, desperation, randomness, a lack of a better idea or just some weird misplaced sense of morality.
Why biotech?
Seemed like a hot subject. Close enough to the biology I seemed to enjoy. But mostly when that seat in Ramachandra came up for a little cash, I didn’t have enough conviction or confidence that I could see through five years of med school.
Why VIT?
No idea. Mom and dad thought the campus looked good.
Why drop a year?
I had no clue what next. And weekly visits to VIT to meet friends couldn’t happen unless I was doing nothing but going to the gym and reading stuff.
Why ACJ?
Someone once told me I could write. And I could speak well. And I was ‘informed’.
Why BL?
I didn’t want to leave Madras. Bombay seemed like the unknown shitshow versus the known shitshow of Madras.
Why fitness?
Proud to say this was the first informed bet. 3 years at The Hindu led me to conclude that people would pay much more to get coached to get stronger than would pay a journalist to stay informed. Glad to say I was right :D
Why strike out on my own?
I am not equipped to be an employee. I had the sweetest and most understanding of bosses at BL, but I was hard to manage.
Most of my life has been a terrifying series of lame guesses, accidents and going with others vibes.