It’s one thing to be in contempt of your colleagues, but a different ball game if that is directed towards your best friends. And he also began directing his spite towards his best friends. He now began drinking in solitude here, which he had earlier sworn to never do. More than anything, good conversations were paramount for Raj, and he had none of it in the apathy-ridden populace of Dubai. However, matters only took a turn for the worse here.

A developed economy with another best friend, Thomas. Keen to get out of India, he landed a job in Dubai. And drinking to the extent of committing irresponsible acts like burning the house he lived in. The general loathing of India’s hygiene and living standards, even among its metros, exacerbated by the scorching hot weather of Chennai, drove him to incessant drinking. Yet, the anger at his career only compounded. More importantly, he could share an apartment with one of his best friends, Sachin. Another metro and another great opportunity for his career.

However, he found himself with deplorable company there, hobnobbing with goons that would give him a Glock for a gift.Īfter spending a year in Kolkata, he was posted to Chennai. His science-oriented mind wanted to see India’s largest bridge and his interest in rock music wanted to explore the rock scene in Kolkata, which was touted as the only other city as evolved as Bangalore in this genre.

In fact, it was better, because visiting Kolkata had been his dream since the sixth grade. Staying in a metro, despite it not being his home city of Bangalore, was a big deal. First, he was posted in Kolkata, which in relative terms was a great posting, because most of his peers started in smaller towns. Raj’s professional life started out with a bang, but since then he felt like a crash test dummy ramming into a wall in slow motion.

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