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An intriguing story of a woman from Delhi who is posted in Chennai for her first internship, where everything is new to her!
The book Mis(s) Adventures of a Salesgirl written by Aashisha Chakraborty struck a chord with me from the moment I read the book’s blurb on the back cover. What did I connect with?
Having gone through many of these life experiences, it was as if the book was an echo of my own twenty-five year old self. Written in a very casual and easy-to-read narrative, it is nevertheless pretty gripping and kept my interest to read it alive all throughout.
I finished the book in three-four sittings, and I think I would have finished it faster had I not had work to occupy me.
Mis(s) Adventures of a Salesgirl is the perfect book to unwind with on vacation, during a journey, or even if you are waiting for a doctor who takes hours to appear. It is easy on the brain, and the nice touch of humour that the author uses makes you smile and nod as you read along.
Enakshi is a twenty five year old girl studying MBA at one of the prestigious business schools when she is sent on a two month internship to Chennai of all places. It comes as an unpleasant surprise to her as her batchmates have all been placed in and around Delhi. Despite parental objections, she is determined to tough it out and ace the internship. The travails she faces as the only young girl in a predominantly male sales team forms the crux of the plot.
There is a sub-plot of a personal mystery that also occurs in Chennai that she is determined to solve. The book begins and ends on a positive note and I am sure, Enakshi’s story doesn’t end here but will continue in a sequel or two.
Having been there and done that, I could identify so much with the sexism that she faces at work and even harassment at times.
Chennai is not a city that Enakshi takes to instantly. In real life, when I was deputed to Chennai I faced many of the problems she does, the main one being the language problem. However, I liked Chennai personally despite the communication issues and the incessant sticky heat. I am aware though that a lot of other people feel like Enakshi and don’t really take to Chennai as a destination of choice.
Aashisha is able to describe situations and circumstances with great detail and accuracy proving that she did her research well. Perhaps, she writes from personal experiences as well. Every good author borrows from real life and Aashisha is probably no exception.
Pick this book up at your nearest bookstore and I think that you will enjoy reading about the spunky Bong girl who navigates a work assignment with courage and humor, and is surprisingly realistic as she makes mistakes like every other person does. Kudos to Ms. Chakraborty for keeping it real and providing us with this fun-read.
PS: A couple of acronyms were not expanded anywhere. Maybe an appendix of such terms would improve the discerning reader’s experience?!
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About Indrani Ghosh nee Chaudhuri In the fourth decade of my life, I decided that I needed something more. I needed to tell everyone my story, but in a way that people would read it. read more...
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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