I wanna be the Sunshine Girl..

This blog is dedicated to the maintenance guy in my office who claims to keep the studio temperature @22-23 degrees everyday - but obviously its anywhere below 10!

Every morning I begin with asking them to just shut the freaking AC before I begin the show since I know I cant handle it and then by 9 - I am stuttering into my links since the cold has by now gone and settled into my bones. (dont give me the obvious - oh why dont you wear a jacket? I DO!)

After another round of shouting and dhamkis (I once actually told them I will not do the show) - and then just rushing out at 11 after my last link - ASAP - I RUN outside the office to treat myself to some human conditions. Normal air - normal temperature and some sunshine!

I have in the process fallen in love with the sunshine. I think its got more than just Vitamin D to offer. Some of the things that I get treated to: warmth, love, that feeling of meeting a friend..sometimes feels like you are hugging someone and sometimes feels like someone just rescued you! Then sometimes it soothes your jammed nerves and sometimes just smiles at you. I know - this might mean nothing to people who live in cities like Dubai.. but believe me, try and spend some time with the sun alone on a random morning and it has so much to give you. Silence is beautiful, and with sunshine to go with - well, its just the frosting on the cake.

I do get it when the singer sings..'Ain't no sunshine when she's gone..' - I love that song.. Bill Withers. Do check it out if you havent yet.
And if ever someone says to me - you're my Sunshine Girl.. it would be the best compliment in my life :)

But still - can we please do something about the freaking temperature in the studio!!

@6:30 on Mumbai Roads!

A lot of people sympathise with jocks who do the morning show since they have to wake up at 5 am every morning and be at office @6am! My god!
But then they tell you- par achha hai na - no traffic at that time and while returning also - afternoon must be good.

Now - to clear all doubts - morning 6 am in Mumbai is also mad on the roads. Just think of a traffic scenario and pick the worst of the lot, the ingredients that make the traffic jams more irritating than they actually are: swinging Cycle walas, rash truck walas, dadagiri BEST buses, slow and BP raising autos!
Now put all of these together on my way to office - quite a hair-pulling experience I assure :)

Back On-Air!

Been so long since I last wrote since I was busy with quitting my job and then joining a new place and then obviously working in it!

So I am back to a radio station! And I am back on-air! Where? Well, that's not important. Really... it does not matter. Point being I am again a part of something I love so much. Radio.

The reasons for taking it up back are many but I do know one thing for sure, that it feels like home. And its not about being in a comfort zone, its about going back to something you love and something you know the workings of.

I often used to tell people that if I join radio again it would be like getting back with someone that I've broken up with. And it is exactly that. The expectations, the familiarity and yet the distance, the feeling of being sure and yet unsure. and also the 'I knew this would happen' moments are already arriving :)

But I realise that I can keep writing - now as a jock. So i'll close this chapter and begin a new one :)