I had just finished reading ON@TCC.
To begin with, I find Indian authors boring. Even though I had read numerous foreign authors I could not finish reading even a single Indian novel till the very end. It is with this mindset that I started reading ON@TCC as I was too bored and too lazy to do any other thing.
ON@TCC is a magnificiently well written book. There are not many writers (or none in my opinion) at the Indian writing scene at present who is on the same pedestal as Chetan for the sheer quality of his work and his focus on issues and problems which the present generation faces and relates to.
The book is about six people working in a call centre-their hopes, dreams and problems set in a single night. The book touches upon every issue which is faced by the youth of today-from broken relationships to career frustrations to confused moral, the book has it all. Chetan's genius is in setting the story in one night yet in being able to bring out all these issues clearly.
All in all, a joy to read.
After reading this novel I headed straight for the book store to buy his other novel, Five Point Someone, the national bestseller that is being made into a movie.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Overcoming Writer's Block
Have you ever really felt the need to write about something and started writing about it but give up in the middle of it?
You feel you have great ideas and started writing but after sometime realises that you do not have so much idea about it anymore and just give it up. Dont' worry, you are not alone. This is a condition faced by many budding and up and coming writers in theri initial stages of their journey into the world of writing.
I myself have also always been interested in writing since my high school days but never seem to find the time or the courage to write. Books have always been my passion and I read everything that I could lay my hands upon. When I read great authors I just want to be like them some day. I have started writing several times but always give up never completing what I had written. I started wrting and after soemtime I feel that I don't have the passion or the drive to write anymore give it up saying or thinking that writing is not my cup of tea. But this desire to write refuses to die down even after all these years. Perhaps I am a victim of a condition called writer's block.
The dictionary defines writer's block as "a usually temporary psychological inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing."
I have tried to overcome this by writing blogs. It has always been my dream to be a writer in my own right someday and writing these blogs is an initial step in that direction. Even if I ain't in the league of the likes of Salman Rushdie or Vikram Seth, I just enjoy writing and that is all that matters in the end.
So all you budding writers out there, stop procrastinating and start writing. Maybe you are a Salman Rushdie or a Vikram Seth yet to be unleashed. Let the creative juices in you start flowing.
You feel you have great ideas and started writing but after sometime realises that you do not have so much idea about it anymore and just give it up. Dont' worry, you are not alone. This is a condition faced by many budding and up and coming writers in theri initial stages of their journey into the world of writing.
I myself have also always been interested in writing since my high school days but never seem to find the time or the courage to write. Books have always been my passion and I read everything that I could lay my hands upon. When I read great authors I just want to be like them some day. I have started writing several times but always give up never completing what I had written. I started wrting and after soemtime I feel that I don't have the passion or the drive to write anymore give it up saying or thinking that writing is not my cup of tea. But this desire to write refuses to die down even after all these years. Perhaps I am a victim of a condition called writer's block.
The dictionary defines writer's block as "a usually temporary psychological inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing."
I have tried to overcome this by writing blogs. It has always been my dream to be a writer in my own right someday and writing these blogs is an initial step in that direction. Even if I ain't in the league of the likes of Salman Rushdie or Vikram Seth, I just enjoy writing and that is all that matters in the end.
So all you budding writers out there, stop procrastinating and start writing. Maybe you are a Salman Rushdie or a Vikram Seth yet to be unleashed. Let the creative juices in you start flowing.
Monday, December 12, 2005
Pursuit of Perfection
The dictionary defines perfection as "the state of being without a flaw or defect". No doubt perfection is a state which cannot be attained by us. But it is in the fitness of things to say that we should always aim for perfection in whatever we do. Perfection should be our life-long pursuit.
As human beings we have the tendency of choosing mediocrity over perfectionism. This may be the by-product of sheer laziness or a sense of irresponsibility. We, human beings, tend to subscribe to an ethos of being content with mediocrity. As ubiquitous as it sounds, we do. Albeit in varying levels, there are innumerable times in the day where we choose convenience over commitment and let ourselves be overcome by the ‘easier path’. .
In every job that we fulfil each day, it is critical that we approach it with the will to be the best at it. Be it in our professional work or in doing simple day-to-day work it is not sufficient that we merely achieve it—we need to be zealous about achieving it. We should be sticklers for detail and punctuality. We so enjoy dealing with these types of people. In this day of cutthroat competition, we need to take more cognisance of this than ever. The world around us is moving toward ever-higher levels of perfection. And the world certainly isn’t lenient toward those that fall short. It should be our endeavour to eternally chase that 'mirage' called perfectionism.
As human beings we have the tendency of choosing mediocrity over perfectionism. This may be the by-product of sheer laziness or a sense of irresponsibility. We, human beings, tend to subscribe to an ethos of being content with mediocrity. As ubiquitous as it sounds, we do. Albeit in varying levels, there are innumerable times in the day where we choose convenience over commitment and let ourselves be overcome by the ‘easier path’. .
In every job that we fulfil each day, it is critical that we approach it with the will to be the best at it. Be it in our professional work or in doing simple day-to-day work it is not sufficient that we merely achieve it—we need to be zealous about achieving it. We should be sticklers for detail and punctuality. We so enjoy dealing with these types of people. In this day of cutthroat competition, we need to take more cognisance of this than ever. The world around us is moving toward ever-higher levels of perfection. And the world certainly isn’t lenient toward those that fall short. It should be our endeavour to eternally chase that 'mirage' called perfectionism.
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