To each his own.

YIPPEE. Another Indian bags the Man Booker prize!! Which just shows even if we can't play well at least we can write well. I know what I am saying goes against my earlier post but hey Adiga just won the Booker so how does it matter.

Imagine how one day long ago the seed of the idea must have formed in his head. He must have played with it, mulled over it ,argued against and for it and then finally decided to out it on paper. Imagine the hours he spent writing when the story came alive in his head and ran like a reel with him furiously penning it before he missed a single detail. The writing, rewriting, editing and then writing once again. My! the process must have brought him frustration, satisfaction , despair and joy all at once.

No no don't jump to the conclusion that my leaning towards the magic of the written word is turning into anything more than a leaning. Right now from where I am standing the grass looks greener on the other side.Thats all. Accounts is not a colourless profession mind you. For anybody who thinks otherwise you should really step into an accountants office before a deadline.

The adrenaline rush to fight our way through the maze of bills, challans , invoices and slips of paper with important numbers scribbled upon it and sometimes even lost school certificates to arrive at a profit and loss account. The hunt for the number which was right there, the search for the tax challan , the client was calls at the last hour with some vital piece of information. Its all there and much more.

( Psst. would have said more except I am in the process of developing an iron clad stomach)

The accountants who work on their accounts for a whole year and then look at you blankly when asked where a certain figure has come from. The books they send where you have to hazard a guess as to what they must have written. The entry that comes from nowhere but money goes somewhere.

Hah but thank the good Lord for it for if they could figure out what is happening with their business and their money what would I be doing? Probably predicting the unpredictable stock market.