career Archives

Jab Main Office Baccha Tha Badi Shararat Karta Tha

Are you at that phase of your career when expectation levels are at zero and indulgence levels are set to max? Enjoy it. Save the existential angst for later in your career. The days of this happy, consequence-free existence that you’re too ignorant to enjoy right now, are numbered.

Dushyant Shekhawat July 25, 2016

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Dreamy Careers: How I Got Caught in the Vortex of ‘Following Your Passion’

Being passionate about my work has helped me navigate the worst of times, but lately, my career feels like a never-ending maze. It makes me wonder if chasing my passion was even worth it in the first place.

Jagruti Verma July 13, 2016

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Why We Need to Ban the Term “Mid-Life Crisis” From Our Lexicon

After 50, fast-fashion brands are passé for old-fashioned folks like me, and what the hell am I still doing with those crop-tops and coloured tights? I can sense millennials grasp at my audacity. You see, if I refuse to abide by this cultural construct, I’ll promptly be labelled as yet-another-hilarious casualty of the “mid-life crisis”.

Purba Ray June 18, 2016

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“You Need to Struggle More!”: Are We Capable of Choosing Contentment Over Success?

While the idea of struggle is relative, I believe there’s a socially dictated equation for the logic of success. It goes something like: Struggle + Sacrifice + Ambition = Money + Security + Yay I’ve made it in life-wala feeling. Contentment and joy may or may not turn up in the answer, but that’s not part of the problem we’re told to solve, is it?

Sangeetha Bhaskaran May 17, 2016

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Work, Netflix, or Chill? How My Generation Has Lost its Battle With Eight-Hour Sleep

In our 20s, there’s no greater juggling act than trying to balance work, social life and a decent sleep cycle. If you’re managing to do alright in your career, while maintaining a semblance of a social life and despite this, are still magically getting a full eight hours of sleep every night, then teach me senpai.

Jackie Thakkar May 2, 2016

Gender

Dispelling the Myth of the Housewife Who “Sits at Home and Does Nothing”

Let’s be proud of the women making their life decisions of their free will, whether they choose to fly a plane 30,000 feet above sea level or to run a home the way they wish. They never needed your permission anyway.

Huzan Tata April 28, 2016

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Why All of Us Need to Start Considering Politics As a Career Option

We, the woke and the liberal, are politically and socially conscious, and have an opinion on everything – from the Congress’s failing fortunes to the future of democracy. We are out on the streets, protesting against hate crime and the unlawful chopping of forests, but why does politics not feature as a career choice for most of us?

Kavya J April 16, 2016

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“Kripya Line Pe Bane Rahein”: Why Indians Never Change Career Paths

“Media line mein paisa hai kya?” That’s a question I often get asked. In India, picking a career and sticking to it is important. Because changing professions is a sign of fickleness and instability. But more than that, it sends your parents into a tizzy.

Ramjaane March 4, 2016