tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post114404583445737335..comments2024-03-29T17:19:23.201+05:30Comments on Compulsive Confessions: In defense of my jobeMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144428644351064932006-04-07T22:20:00.000+05:302006-04-07T22:20:00.000+05:30Aha:-)Aha:-)ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04567332895636455646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144416711681398912006-04-07T19:01:00.000+05:302006-04-07T19:01:00.000+05:30Way to go...girl :)Way to go...girl :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144413885808358342006-04-07T18:14:00.000+05:302006-04-07T18:14:00.000+05:30very few people really love their jobs. you are lu...very few people really love their jobs. you are lucky!<BR/><BR/>a few of my dream jobs :-<BR/><BR/>1.PhD in music, playing & teaching the guitar<BR/>2.wine taster<BR/>3.freelance writer, programmer, photographer... <BR/><BR/>not a dream job but i love bookshops and would like to have one of my own!zypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12806856248469785452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144352736725483862006-04-07T01:15:00.000+05:302006-04-07T01:15:00.000+05:30gee whiz, a feature on feature writers! just kiddi...gee whiz, a feature on feature writers! just kidding. now, that's an idea.nevermindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983043067453394908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144346336995689152006-04-06T23:28:00.000+05:302006-04-06T23:28:00.000+05:30Being sort of a features journalist myself, I must...Being sort of a features journalist myself, I must say you've put up a very good defence of us 'Page 3' types.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144346171834378782006-04-06T23:26:00.000+05:302006-04-06T23:26:00.000+05:30I think features writers can do a lot. Some featur...I think features writers can do a lot. Some features in india are good, but you just have to read the guardian or nyt for GREAT features.<BR/><BR/>I think the difference between news reporters' and feature writers' attitudes comes from the way our sources treat us. <BR/><BR/>Our sources, i think, at some level, are a little afraid of us. They don't want us to ask the right questions. <BR/><BR/>Your sources on the other hand, know you need them, and they need you. But i dont know if they're afraid of you any. <BR/><BR/>I dont know if this is coming out right, but do you know what i mean?4wDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00120974357190712095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144318439262903592006-04-06T15:43:00.000+05:302006-04-06T15:43:00.000+05:30I see that you are in the same boat as I am. Welco...I see that you are in the same boat as I am. Welcome comrade. I love my job too and I like being in charge of stories that I write down. Imagine, hundreds and thousands read the piece next day. Sometimes they might even be worth a coffee table discussion.<BR/>It's a heady feeling, but then it is also a demanding job, all the way. While you may have writers block one fine day, the ability to fight that off and get going on assignements is entertaining in itself.<BR/><BR/>PJAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151477909242351149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144236396267721512006-04-05T16:56:00.000+05:302006-04-05T16:56:00.000+05:30Ditto as Bonatellis. Your post has made me very ve...Ditto as Bonatellis. Your post has made me very very nostalgic. Have been a features writer in a Pink Paper for long enough to really miss it now. Meeting people from NRN to SRK to talk about anything but business and then write about them as well...cool or what? I want those years back...Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15914154556408007204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144235182349842642006-04-05T16:36:00.000+05:302006-04-05T16:36:00.000+05:30nice ... and very nostalgic ... how i miss the sou...nice ... and very nostalgic ... how i miss the sound of the clattering keyboards at 9 pm ... wish I could be that trainee again ... <BR/><BR/>i think you should take what Anon2 has said quite seriously ... very valid ...Bonatellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08111853561300495031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144234357497498502006-04-05T16:22:00.000+05:302006-04-05T16:22:00.000+05:30Hey eM. Bored at office and ended up reading some ...Hey eM. Bored at office and ended up reading some of your older posts. And guess what! I went to the same boarding school as you. I was there for three years and I loved it so much that I had to be dragged out of there kicking and screaming by my parents after class 10!Rohinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234347487003665907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144223614364529912006-04-05T13:23:00.000+05:302006-04-05T13:23:00.000+05:30Hamen maloom hai jannat ki haqiqat lekin,dil ke kh...Hamen maloom hai jannat ki haqiqat lekin,<BR/>dil ke khush rakhne ko Ghalib yeh khayal accha hai....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144179903881752052006-04-05T01:15:00.000+05:302006-04-05T01:15:00.000+05:30hey eM,i read your blog often, and enjoy the frank...hey eM,<BR/>i read your blog often, and enjoy the frank, upfront posts. to me, you represent the young, professional, indian woman who is comfortable with her lifestyle and herself. and her job! so kudos.<BR/>i will keep coming back.<BR/><BR/>i've been writing a blog for a couple of months now- on gender and everyday experiences of being gendered. hope you visit sometime (what shameless marketing!).bendinggenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165946809663006168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144177994175520662006-04-05T00:43:00.000+05:302006-04-05T00:43:00.000+05:30Life is in being!Life is in being!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09731907701188158109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144149196614569772006-04-04T16:43:00.000+05:302006-04-04T16:43:00.000+05:30..though no job is better than another. the fact r.....though no job is better than another. the fact remains that you work for some one else, make a lot of money for them and get only a fraction of it back. though all is well as long as one enjoys what he/she is doing. Having said that i like ur job, coz it lets u go out of ur office, meet with so many supposedly interesting ppl (from opposite sex - to be precise). how many of them are actually interesting is another thing..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144148379121626862006-04-04T16:29:00.000+05:302006-04-04T16:29:00.000+05:30Meaningful is overrated.Meaningful is overrated.Gamesmaster G9https://www.blogger.com/profile/15328781372141149673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144138812648074052006-04-04T13:50:00.000+05:302006-04-04T13:50:00.000+05:30And what was the need for going on the defensive??...And what was the need for going on the defensive??Chameleon's Karmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858581967996570384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144129950376874532006-04-04T11:22:00.000+05:302006-04-04T11:22:00.000+05:30Very nicely written! :)Very nicely written! :)Primalsouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131784445479439913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144128553168726532006-04-04T10:59:00.000+05:302006-04-04T10:59:00.000+05:30Meh. I wrote video games for 4 years, during the ...Meh. I wrote video games for 4 years, during the height of the internet boom, while my classmates were changing the world (and making millions). More than one person told me I was wasting my Ivy League degree.<BR/><BR/>"Meer" entertainment is the reason people don't kill themselves after 10 years in this ultimately boring fucking world. We don't have any challenges anymore to keep life interesting. We're all wealthy and bored. Every trivial story you file is anti-suicide medication for adults.Horseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13512910791563482705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144110785380680502006-04-04T06:03:00.000+05:302006-04-04T06:03:00.000+05:30Is this a pre-emptive act of self-defense or are y...Is this a pre-emptive act of self-defense or are you under attack for being a features reporter? I think doing the kind of features beat you're talking about is good for a bit while you're still young and have the energy, but a few more years and you'll be one of those journalists in the 30-40 age range who STILL cover book launches and do the food stories and cover the same A-list and page 3 crowd (who have also gotten 10 years older and flabbier, but continue to party like it's 1999). Then, people - your readers, mainly - begin to forget you, and you sort of blend into the general morass of has-been reporters. I can think of several such reporters in the rank and file of HT City, not to mention Delhi Times and even dear old "Talk," and god knows what happened to them.<BR/>It's striking how similar our trajectories are - LSR, features journalism for a Delhi-based paper, same mad party crowd and the heady deluge of wine, perfume and song. I remember the feeling of coming into the office late evening to file a features event for the next day's paper - when all the reporters and subs are busy at work, and there is enough smoke to kill Godzilla... I got out at 24, now I'm 28. I had different journalism plans, which I'm now following, but the features pages were a great pit stop.<BR/><BR/>On a last word - it's great to enjoy what you do! But darling girl, don't ever think yourself to BECOME the party person you currently report on. Those journos are the worst (designer Raghu outfit bought with two months' salary, slinking back to a little Maruti 800...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144086375211575922006-04-03T23:16:00.000+05:302006-04-03T23:16:00.000+05:30Sounds like a fun job. : )Sounds like a fun job. : )La Figlia Che Piangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054189552538980599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144086099926168802006-04-03T23:11:00.000+05:302006-04-03T23:11:00.000+05:30love reading your blogs, especially since i'm in t...love reading your blogs, especially since i'm in the same industry, i can relate to them really well. im the news reporter you have referred to and hey, we so love to bitch about features reporters and how useless they are. but this is an amazing defensive piece, my colleagues in the features dept might just pin it up on their softboards ;) kudos!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144085008177613942006-04-03T22:53:00.000+05:302006-04-03T22:53:00.000+05:30Yea well, it SHOULD be fun. There's no stress. You...Yea well, it SHOULD be fun. There's no stress. You get to be in the 'in-zone'. You get to enjoy the little things. Things that make people go 'Oh! So cool!'.Layfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920704317174328703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144082100688223952006-04-03T22:05:00.000+05:302006-04-03T22:05:00.000+05:30There's no page 3 or page 1. Perception, is life. ...There's no page 3 or page 1. Perception, is life. :-) Enjoy, EM!joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049747593589165392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144081831606641322006-04-03T22:00:00.000+05:302006-04-03T22:00:00.000+05:30I wonder bout that too sometimes, the meaningful t...I wonder bout that too sometimes, the <I>meaningful</I> tag. <BR/>Even when I made the decision to study law further, and my friends were solving complex physics problems and discussing the anatomy.<BR/>I felt like mine was less important.<BR/>But that's not true, moreover, it's what makes you happy.Jitterplatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197998699285598664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-1144081760877123872006-04-03T21:59:00.000+05:302006-04-03T21:59:00.000+05:30if it wasnt for people like you then people like u...if it wasnt for people like you then people like us would get mighty bored - so thank you for all that makes news spicy and fo rall those shots of role "models"Sagnik Nandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501094521499403519noreply@blogger.com