The long jump from the safety net of logic to the nebulous realm of playing God over characters, situations, ideas. That jump carries the risk of the abyss. Of possible failure when you break away from the tangible to creating vehicles for ideas. The risk of being sucked into the void of the blank page. But I am attracted to challenge.
Journalism provides two perks no other profession can.
The first is exposure to a range of people and experiences. I have been a writer on art, theatre, cinema. I have also written extensively on street kids, riots, communalism. Little did I realise that that day was axiomatic to the next few years which would shape my world view as I shunted between victims of social neglect and callousness and the great minds of the creative world. Which brings me to our second perk.