Entries from June 2009

June 17, 2009

I’m not a spinster (yet)

By now, the quarter-life crisis is no longer just a fad, it’s a real issue. Finding a decent job after graduation seems like a miracle that only a few of us can pull off nowadays. As a 25-year-old Bengali girl, it gets even worse. All my life, I’ve been prepped by my parents to be [...]

June 15, 2009

Corporate-Happy

It’s week three of my brand spankin’ new job and I’m happy. I had forgotten what corporate perks, a steady paycheck and health benefits felt like! 
I think I’ll always struggle with the indecision of whether I want the creative freedom of a full-time journalist or the easier lifestyle of a media employee but I think [...]

June 2, 2009

I’m not a sellout

With magazine journalism down in the dumps, many journalists and editors are looking at alternative career paths but I never thought I’d be one of them. It’s certainly not uncommon for editors and writers to make the switch to public relations, marketing, advertising or corporate communications but I always saw this as a last resort (as [...]