Thursday, July 31, 2008

Time to sink or swim



8 months ago, I took a major decision that was to change the course of my life. I calmly left a secure job at a leading newspaper in Goa to begin dabbling in multimedia journalism.

It must look crazy to those around me, specially given that “paying” newspaper jobs are not easy to come by. And then, I gave that up to do what? Multimedia journalism? What's that? Newspapers in India are content to duplicate their print edition content on their “online editions”. How in the world would I support my interest, let alone my self and family?

But the deed was done. The monthly pay was no more. I had chosen my own destiny. Now it was time to sink or swim.