My remote career choice
A noted institute located somehere in the back of beyond beckons you with an offer letter. You are ok with the college, but have reservations about life in a small town. Many young city slickers have had to make that choice. Is it easy?
We asked six such youngsters about their journey to colleges in small towns and cities across the country.
They all have interesting tales to tell. Though they complained about small movie halls and malls or their absence, the natural beauty of those towns left them impressed.
A student had encounters with snakes and scorpions in Orissa’s lush, hill town of Dhenkanal. While he almost rejected the place for starters, its scenic beauty, the immense distance from the clamour of Delhi’s politics, helped him focus on the courseware better. And Dhenkanal got another admirer.
Delhiite Yuvika Johri’s tastebuds had difficulty taking to the fare available in Pune. Tamilian Charanyan Iyengar faced a linguistic challenge next-door in Kerala, home to IIM Kozhikode. Sumit Bhattacharya, studying at Kharagpur, had to travel seven kms to the nearest and only mall, but ultimately gave this city the thumbs-up because it had no distractions.
Author: Rahat Bano
Date: 30th June, 2010
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