Trying to connect the dots.....

Flaunters, some loud, mostly bold  The bustle, the fame Oh the big game... They chase it all! And the wallflowers? Some quiet, rarely outraged  The hustle, the patience simmered in silence  The clinical trials to land a whale! What seems like a mirage of face-off to the fleeting eye, Is indeed a shared space of quiet labor where the nuances lie... Aren't they both seekers? The loud, the quiet  Regardless of their fate Or the effort that defies it, How they wish the world just pauses And takes notice of the nuances...

  Some reunions always seem unwanted at the surface! Coming face to face with long lost family friends and well-wishers is ought to be filled with verbal and non-verbal judgements, especially the non-verbal judgements being hard to ignore. "You have done your engineering right, and now into photography and filmmaking…Why? Did it not work out? Did you even try applying for jobs after the maternity break? Is this field of work even profitable? Are you doing good?" While the Gen-Zs would have archived this unsolicited intervention without any consideration, we millennials are still straddling between, “Ignore them” and “let me explain”, often lopsided toward the latter! A JOB, a kid, career break, another kid, career breakdown, Covid, forced introspection, new certifications to resurrect a career that was never meant to be, hibernation of LinkedIn account because I had nothing to say, a career change and finally unhibernation of LinkedIn account! It’s interesting to note t...