A journey of transitions!

My eyes are already moist as I write this. It was exactly two months and eight days back that I was reading Jeffry Archer’s new book when I got a call from click4college to inform me that I had been selected from over a 1,000 entries to be a part of the HT campus journalists’ programme. I almost dropped the phone in excitement. 

After the  final screening test, we were confirmed as CJs. On this new voyage, I learnt how to work within deadlines and state as many facts as possible. I also made friends for life. The role provided me an insight into how a newspaper is published. My weekly visits to the office taught me how to hold meetings, click selfies, go hunting for the best food in town, Skype chat with the CJs late at night and work under deadlines. From the Wednesday  edition,Wednesday meetings, Wednesday outings to Wednesday deadlines,   Wednesday had it all!

These amazing two months and eight days,  have tested my versatility. It saw my transition from a student to a writer, an amateur photographer, an editor and a journalist. I still remember the first impression that we had of each other, I thought it might be difficult to get along but let me tell you that the first impression is not always the last one. It was after we met a couple of times that we started getting along. We had become the best of buddies.