Zindagi Rockz

So yesterday, I completed 17 years of professional life. Seems like a  lifetime  ago when I stepped into the training college of my institution for my induction. I can vividly recall my first day when I was so anxious about joining the  job . At that point in time, I never imagined that I would have continued in the same profession for so long. Seventeen years is definitely a long time. Cut to the generation of today — these people have an attention span of 17 minutes (yes, sarcasm!) and I can assure you they will never stay in the same organization for more than 17 months. During the course of my professional life, I’ve had the opportunity to be on several interview panels for recruitment, and all the résumés I looked at had a common factor: those applicants consistently jumped from one job to another. I noticed that, on average, people stick to a job for about 1.5 to 2 years. As I was thinking about what a long time it’s been in this organization, I also thought about w...

Remember those motivational posters from school that said  “Work hard in silence, let success make the noise” ? Yeah.. I hate to break it to you, but in 2025, if you're working hard in silence, the only thing you're going to get is more work.. And probably someone else taking credit for it — loudly, publicly, and with a LinkedIn post that includes 12 hashtags and a candid shot of them “humbly receiving the award..” Welcome to the age of  self-marketing  — where  how you present yourself  often screams louder than  what you actually do .. And if that sounds unfair.. it is.. But when has life  ever  been fair? The Curse of Being “Low-Key” There’s a whole breed of us who were raised to believe that being humble and letting your work speak for itself is the right thing to do.. The problem is,  your work doesn’t have a mic .. And you? You're backstage, quietly being excellent while the mediocre ones are out there doing TED Talks on “The Art of Mul...

S o here’s wishing all of you a very Happy Friendship Day! Actually, scratch that—every day is Friendship Day when you’ve got the right set of friends. You know the kind I’m talking about—the ones who make office life less of a daily endurance test and more of a sitcom with inside jokes, spontaneous chai breaks, and mutual eye-rolls during meetings that should’ve been emails. Then there are the friends outside work—ones you met through common connections, ex-colleagues who’ve moved on to better (or just different) jobs, or people who decided to chuck it all and start something of their own. Friends come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities. (Yes, I know that sounded borderline sleazy—but those who get my humor know exactly what I mean. Lol.) So for today’s post, I thought I’d do something fun—what if our friends were apps on our phones? Scroll through this list and see if you can recognize your own circle in any of these! 1. Instagram / Facebook The group gossip. This one always has...