The past few weeks have seen Mumbai’s infallible spirit take a severe beating. Not being from Mumbai myself, I have always been in awe of the “never say die” attitude inherent to all Mumbaites. Be it the train blasts or 26/11 terrorist attacks, even the July 24th flood a couple of years back, the average turnaround time for a Mumbaite after any of disaster, man-made or natural, is about 4 days top. But that is not the case this time. People were walking around with masks, schools were shut down, people were actually “apprehensive” (if that word even exists in a typical Mumbai mind) about going to work, and when you have all the time in the world, gadzooks, the malls shut down (can you believe it, they actually were shut down for a few days). That too immediately after the multiplex owners and movie producers strike got over.
Well now the scare seems to have abated albeit an occasional report on a H1N1 death. We were all beginning to think there was no end to this, it seemed to be the new AIDS, or Ebola virus - you catch it and you’re a goner. ;-)
It, however, gave some idle minds (such as yours truly) food for thought. We could have endless discussions on the subject and how the Govt and people are working around it, out of town friends calling/emailing to enquire about your well being. Now, it’s back to being jobless. And am not sure if it’s that time of the year, but I seem to be getting pretty frustrated at my unemployed status. Other than the occasional freelance work that trickles in, my kitty is very much dry. So what do I do you ask, I do the boldest thing ever, I write to my ex-employer asking for freelance work. This is a big step, as I hadn’t even given a thought to working with TIS again.
So folks, I send a mail today, and please wish me luck.
Well now the scare seems to have abated albeit an occasional report on a H1N1 death. We were all beginning to think there was no end to this, it seemed to be the new AIDS, or Ebola virus - you catch it and you’re a goner. ;-)
It, however, gave some idle minds (such as yours truly) food for thought. We could have endless discussions on the subject and how the Govt and people are working around it, out of town friends calling/emailing to enquire about your well being. Now, it’s back to being jobless. And am not sure if it’s that time of the year, but I seem to be getting pretty frustrated at my unemployed status. Other than the occasional freelance work that trickles in, my kitty is very much dry. So what do I do you ask, I do the boldest thing ever, I write to my ex-employer asking for freelance work. This is a big step, as I hadn’t even given a thought to working with TIS again.
So folks, I send a mail today, and please wish me luck.
