hectic two days, but having the time of my life. went to cover a maintenance charge disputein a building in Andheri and was really confused. heard both the parties to the dispute and was totally confused as to whom to believe. so decided to be a fly on the wall finally and just reported both sides. also had to got throuhg several sections of the co-operative housing society act as well as balance sheets...this is one profession where you need to be jack of all trades and master of none. 5 stories in two days, with all the travelling all over lokhandwala...phew!! anyways on the upside, the cops are finally beginning to take me seriously and give me info from what is not in the Crime Report as well. not bad for three weeks..what say??

but the more important thing is that i met this 62 year old retired journo, CPI member. he took me tohis house, showed me his mini library, spoke to me about "those years", about the split in the CPI and how he was shattered, about why the CPI are not able to come to power, about Gujarat, about the increasing commercialisation of everything from newspapers to souls. promised to meet him at the WSF.

that's what i love about this profession. you get to meet so many different people, learn new things, develop new ideas...generally, get to do something new everyday!!

also bonded with the senior reporters in office. they were initiating me into the office politics and making fun of my leftist leanings all at the same time. but they are such a fun lot. was having this little chat on why the left has most of the intellectuals. manthan thinks it's only because the left decides who is an intellectual. well, at least they decided something.

also spoke to Paro, she is on her way to becoming sucheta dalal. haha. promised to meet up as well.