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People of Josh - #5 - Munish Munish is one of the most fun person to be with. He's a passionate biker and traveller. Also takes good photographs. From him I learnt how to make time for what you love. . . . . @joshtalkslive @rubber.tramp (at जोश Talks) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnV3kF0hdUV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i3l98l4fwffk
Mémoire #10 6 pm in Gurgaon. August, 2018 (at Gurgaon, Haryana)
People Of Josh #4 - Nabeel Meet @syed_nabeel_rizvi . He's passionate about films and some of the best moments I've spent with him are spent discussing films. He understands what duty is. From him I've learnt how to fix things that are broken. . . . #peopleofjosh (at जोश Talks)
People of Josh #2 - Vedant This is @vedantm_ . He's the person I chill the most with at work. We also make music everyday now after work. From him I have learnt how to care about your work. He just keeps thinking about work. . . . #peopleofjosh @joshtalkslive (at जोश Talks)
People of Josh #1 - Vishwakant This is VB. He is a very lovely person. Sometimes he tells very good stories. I love how he works. From him I learn how to be passionate about the stories you believe in. July 2018 . . . . . #peopleofjosh (at जोश Talks)
Egg seller by Anant Nath Sharma Via Flickr: This is probably the only picture from the 200 odd pictures that I took during my Kasol trip last year that I like. A quick way to choose your best pictures is to let them be in your computer for about 6 months and then go back and look at them objectively. It is only after this sufficient period of detachment that I can make a good decision about what I really like. November 2017 Kasol, Himachal Pradesh
Mémoire #9 Mayank is a friend. He is a professional cricketer. He shares his name with another one of my dear friends. Mayank is going to do great things in life. Mayank has a beautiful warming full laugh. Mayank's laughter cannot be captured on film. @raghavmayank.1 Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, November 2017 . . . #kasol #himachal #friends #laughter #candid #blackandwhite (at Mandi, India)
Lost Souls #11 . . . This was the view from the office washroom. The lush trees extended till forever and I was on this side. I felt caged and I'll spend hours staring outside. This is the last photo in this essay. If you don't want to do what you're currently doing and you can't make yourself love it - Quit! It's OK to quit. It's OK to let go of things that are not adding value. A lot of people ask me why I did it for so long even though I hated it. Comfort! It is very difficult to put yourself out there without a plan. If you have a plan - good, if you don't have a plan - you'll find out soon. Just take the leap. You'll make money - sooner or later. Maybe you'll have a smaller apartment, maybe you won't be able to go out twice a week. But just ask yourself - what price do these things come at? Do I want to live this day in day out and torture myself or do I change things. All our lives we've been told to fight and never quit. Quit - I say. There's no glory in fighting through things you don't feel for. Take a break. Think and introspect. Maybe you'll find what you want to do - maybe you won't. Either way - you'll be happier. We go through life confusing 'high' with 'happiness'. Partying + loads of money + eating out are highs. They are impermanent and won't last you till next day. Having a good conversation, drinking tea with a friend, working with your heart constitue happiness. Your happiness is worth fighting for. A friend told me to 'put a rainbow' into everything I do. It doesn't matter to me what happens as long as I'm out there putting the rainbow into things. It's not too late. Its never too late. Quit. . . . Picture taken in 2016 Camera : Moto G4 Plus Post processed on : Lightroom for Android . . . #lostsouls
Lost Souls #10 . . . In an ideal world none of us would be required to work. Our society is moulded in such a way (like it or not), that work is an important part of life. We spend more than half our waking hours working - that's half of your waking life. Most of us spend half our lives hating what we do. That's quite a large percentage in my opinion. Think! What did I want to do? Do you work at something professionally just because you're good at it? How to not hate your work? There are only two ways of dealing with this: 1. Learn to love your work 2. Change to something you love . . . Picture taken in 2016 Camera : Moto G4 Plus Post processed on Lightroom for Android . . #lostsouls
Lost Souls #9 . . . "People have bigger problems." "Be grateful you have a job." "Snap out of it." "Go for a jog." "You're seeking attention." "Why are you sad?" These are some of the things I heard over time. I do understand these were well meaning to start with but that's not how you deal with someone having a tough time. What you can do is listen to them if they want to talk. If they don't, you have to start with sitting with them in the same room and having a cup of tea. It can be a daunting task to understand someone who's depressed. They are very good actors. They are also very difficult people. It's easier to get frustrated. It's even easier to make fun. Remember, that everything you say and do would affect them deeply. Don't say anything if you don't know what to say. Listen. . . . Picture taken in 2016 Camera: Moto G4 Plus Post processed on: Lightroom for Android . . #lostsouls
Lost Souls #8 . . . . Everyone I talked to was frustrated - extended work hours, no increase in pay, kids at home, the grocery list, plumbers and electricians on a Saturday. You complain about cafeteria food everyday and swear something has to change. Your chair is uncomfortable and you curse the employer for using cheap ones. The washrooms smell all the time. C'est la vie. Such is life. Maybe this was how it's supposed to be. Maybe this is adult life. Welcome! You slog for 9 hours then travel a total of 2 hours and you hate work. Simple! NOT! . . . Picture taken in 2016 Camera: Moto G4 Plus Post processed using : Lightroom for Android . . #lostsouls
Lost Souls #7 . . . I would often go into work and stare at my ever increasing pile of workload. Sometimes I would blankly gaze at the computer screen. I still made lists. But I couldn't follow through. And I didn't like that. Because I knew I had potential. If I can somehow get out of this! If someone could help me get out of here! Noone can do that for me. I realised that's now how things work. I made half hearted attempts at trying to start something I could jump onto in the longer run. It didn't work out. The search for meaning in a meaningless world is a quest we're all on. The best we can do is find a personal meaning in all this chaos. Finding a personal meaning is very hard. . . . Picture taken in 2016 Camera : Moto G4 Plus Post processed on: Lightroom for Android (at Pune, Maharashtra)
Lost Souls #6 . . . Recently I was discussing the meaning of the phrase "la vie en rose" with a friend and it originated because the French elite put on pink glasses so, life was literally, 'in pink'. I experienced "la vie en bleu". Everything looked sad to me - even this photo series. Most of the people can't figure the melancholy behind each of these. I roamed aimlessless around the campus photographing everything that looked extremely sad to me. A truck parked, a man sitting on the stairs, a passage - these are not things that are inherently 'sad' but I assigned a specific meaning to them. Life in Blue. My physical and emotion health suffered. I would have sleepless nights and would turn up at work tired out of my senses. Throughout the day I would feel the need to crash. My weight fluctuated and I would be skipping meals. . . . Picture taken in 2016 Camera: Moto G4 Plus Post processed on: Lightroom for Android (at Pune, Maharashtra)
Lost Souls #5 . . Our parents never complained about work. My father worked throughout his life and I never heard him grudge once. That's because we're a different generation. Our aspirations and dreams and expectations from life are different. Our parents fought for existence. Looking for meaningful work wasn't a priority in their lives. Making money was. But we're essentially a generation of broken hearts raised on a healthy dose of celebrity gossip. We want bigger things. We want faster cars. Validation - external and internal - play a big part in who we are. Finding meaningful work is more about internal validation. What I'm talking about here is a very privileged urban world problem. But it's important because if we can't raise a generation of healthy minds - what else did we accomplish? . . . Photo taken: 2016 Camera: Moto G4 Plus Post processed on: Lightroom for Android (at Pune, Maharashtra)
Lost Souls #4 . . . I was good at my job till I decided I didn't like it. Interest came naturally. After that, my productivity declined. I started avoiding work and by the end of my tenure, I was spending most of my time away from my desk, sitting under a banyan tree (yes!) and sipping tea. The day seemed long and 6 just won't strike. And everyone looked the same. And everyone was happy. I wasn't. That made me sink deeper into this hole. Why wasn't I happy despite having enough? I felt like a lost soul in a sea of seemingly happy people. I felt like drowning. . . . Photo taken: 2016 Camera: Moto G4 Plus Post processed on: Lightroom for Android (at Pune, Maharashtra)
Lost Souls #3 . . . . It is OK to hate your employer or the workplace. Most do it and some rare don't. But it is Not Ok to hate your work. The first couple of years were fine - I had no clue what I wanted to do or what I didn't. There was a steady flow of income, I could eat wherever and whatever I wanted and I was surrounded with loved ones and friends. Then I found out I didn't want to do this as work for the rest of my life. Things got bad after that. Everyday started feeling exactly the same. Even weekends had a pattern to them. I was going out, partying and watching movies. But it felt the same. Every weekday I would walk back home and eat and it was still the same. Then I stopped enjoying it.. Picture taken: 2016 Camera: Moto G4 Plus Post Processed on: Lightroom for Android #lostsouls (at Pune, Maharashtra)
Lost Souls #2 . . I have nothing against IT or any other profession. Lately I've seen it's fashionable to diss IT. I'm thankful for all it has given me in terms of life skills and and for financially supporting me for over 8 years. I've met many people over my career who loved working there. For some that's all they know. It's a dream job for many. But I hated it - with all my guts. And for the longest time I thought it was the profession which was wrong. It's not the profession - it was I, who was in the wrong place. It took me a long time to realise it's not my path - no matter how fancy and safe and well paying it is. It ate me up after some time. More of that in the coming posts. #lostsouls (at Pune, Maharashtra)