BOOK EXCERPT –
June 21, 2023 – Raj found himself back in Bangalore after spending the first three years of his post-graduate professional life outside, one each in Kolkata, Chennai, and Dubai. He began to wonder if he was just being handed a raw deal year after year, city after city, or if there was something wrong with him where he just couldn’t find “happiness” or at least what he saw in his friends as “happiness”. He just felt angry all the time, burning bridges with colleagues, companies and even best friends like Thomas.
He found a small startup to work in Bangalore. It was not as fancy as his previous two MNCs, but he hoped that within the familiarity of his home city and in his parents’ house, he could jumpstart his career. However, after two years of trying to achieve some semblance of professional success, he found himself at the bottom of the same abyss he was plunged into in Kolkata, Chennai and Dubai. He couldn’t understand why all his friends got along with their chosen careers, how they could tolerate their shitty jobs, day in and day out. They even got married, starting with Thomas almost three years back, which made it even more dreadful. It nauseated him to think people could simply settle and be content with what he regarded as mediocre jobs and marriages.
