Anuja V
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15 things I don’t miss about office
One morning in February 2020 when the weather was beautiful and the pigeons were circling the clouds while I was closing the windows and pulling the curtains, I paused and wondered if I should call in sick at work and stay home to admire the view and enjoy my limited time on earth.
By Anuja V5 years ago in Confessions
Chronicles of a 20-something’s failed entry into the workforce
I entered the workshop, and the welding and grinding noise stopped - my friend had told me over phone. After training, she was posted to the largest industrial area in an obscure place in Gujarat and her workshop stories were shocking. Was I lucky? I was in Mumbai, standing in a cabin with no sight of a spare chair, wondering if I should have breakfast at all. I was more concerned about finding a chair than my helmet and goggles which had been stolen, because that day I wondered if the acting- manager’s words of always wearing a safety coat made sense; if going to the shop floor to fill my time made sense, if my father’s words of not pursuing mechanical engineering made sense, if anything at all made any sense! Just a week before, I was ready to change the world with the armor of good grades and deep study of not just the past 4 but the past 21 years of my (illustrious) student life.
By Anuja V5 years ago in Confessions
