Many of my friends ask me about what made
me quit my job and join the Masters
in Public Relations (MAPR) course of the Mumbai University. Well, before I
had actually joined the course I couldn’t really tell them why I had taken that
decision, I used to just say because I wanted to continue studying. That was
the truth but not the complete truth.
Now that I’m a part of the current batch of
Masters in Public Relations (MAPR),
I can say confidently that I’ve the answer to their questions. I still remember
the day when I first went to the Department of Communication & Journalism
at the Kalina Campus of University of Mumbai. I had gone to meet the professor
heading the course, to talk about my admission. It was the first time I was
going to the Kalina campus and the campus bowled me over, there were trees all
around and the campus was huge and for once I didn’t feel I had entered a
concrete jungle.
After admiring the campus for a few minutes
I walked towards the building where the lectures for Masters in Public Relations (MAPR)
are conducted. Still having some doubts in my mind about whether what I had
decided to do was the right thing or not, I entered the department. In the
department I saw students in a couple of classrooms having a discussion with a
professor, some students sitting on the stairs and working (an assumption) on
their laptops, some just involved in a friendly banter. The scene in the
department reinfused that little bit of faith I had lost in my decision, it
made me feel that, ‘this is where I belong, this is where I want to be.’ That
is one day I can never forget because it was the start of a journey of a
lifetime for me.
Not to forget the statement or a question
my HOD made/asked when I asked him where I could find the professor who handles
MAPR. He exclaimed and I quote:
“You’re
a student!!!”
Damn!! I better get used to this reaction I
get from people when they realise that I’m just a 22 year old and not some guy
in his late 20s.
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