In chapter 1, I opened about how I got into this mass
communication. In this chapter I will tell you about the experiences of field.
When I was done with graduation, I was looking for a job. Even though I wanted
it to be related to journalism but I didn’t get one. There were people back
from hometown telling me to find one and utilise my time. My brother had a friend, who got me hooked with
my first job as a content writer which didn’t last more than 20 days. Neither I
enjoyed working there nor they paid enough for me to stay.
Once, when I was working there I got a call from someone
whom I knew from my previous internship asking me to work for a web portal in Himachal Pradesh. I was more
than happy to take that offer into consideration and after talking to my
parents I finally decided to take that. That’s how I reached Himachal Pradesh
probably one of the beautiful places I have ever been and found myself a dream
job.
It was really awesome roaming between mountains in late
September with friends talking to the locals about the upcoming election. There
were few houses where our vehicle couldn’t reach because there were no roads. We
had to climb mountains to reach them to have them say on the problems they were
facing and how the government was doing ?
Some days, after work we went for bathing in mountains witnessing
one of the coldest natural water. Rocks were established by the water force in
such a way that we had the luxury of doing cannonball and back flips which I never
perfected in 4 months. We were about 10 people and one day, we had this
competition where we had to keep our nose in water for as long as we can. And if
I am not mistaken I won twice.
We played country’s favourite sport in mountains near the coast of the lake. It was
difficult to find the right place because there were lot many bushes and plants
everywhere. Somehow we managed to find a place with less bushes and nailed the
game. Whenever the ball was hit higher in the sky, incredible mountain birds
use to cheer us with their air dance after seeing our gaming emotions
Population density there was way too lower than Delhi. Local
people specially from villages were so overwhelmed seeing us that, they often
use to offer us for staying the night. Like my friend Prem say, they thought
that god has come to visit us. The only reason was, they had lot many problems
and we reached their homes as journalists. We asked them to have their say on
the availability of basic needs which made them comfortable to open up. People had lot many good things and bad things
to say about their present and previous MLAs.
I will continue chapter 3 and will post in day after
tomorrow.
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