Tune in to 107.8
By: Isha D
Tags: Friendship, Pandemic Diaries, Internships, Pandemic, Experience

Conversations now are nothing but connecting over zoom calls. The year 2020 has been quite something in terms of socializing. Not only has it made socializing in a pandemic possible, but has also helped one to expand their avenues.

Besides reconnecting with a friend online and enjoying the lags, several others have taken up internships, probably to kill time. Such is the life of college students where surviving is secondary and work experience stays primary. But keeping all the ridicules aside, internships have given the much-needed experience to most.

Recently, a friend of mine spoke about her first internship experience being awful yet fruitful in some ways. We can all agree that internships do get on your nerves, yet they lead you to the most unexpected path in life.

For the major part, that is why I vividly remember my first internship.

My friend, Isha and I interned together at a radio station within our vicinity. The internship was specifically located in Mumbai University, which was the land of the intellectuals according to us. Thus, freshly out of school, we were excited and set out to search for the definition of ‘internship’ ourselves.

Recently, when we got together to have a discussion on our first internship, we couldn’t help but describe it as a journey rather than an experience. It opened an entirely different world for us and led us to unimaginable destinations.

Surely, she was the rational one out of the two of us. She wanted to make sure that the internship expanded her knowledge and brought in the necessary experience. Meanwhile, I wanted to figure out why our internship didn’t have coffee machines like the ones shown on television.

While we may not have found a coffee machine, we did manage to widen our horizons in our ways, and that is how we define ‘internship’.

To add to it, we made friends, surprisingly. It came as a surprise to us because initially working with a few 20s something crowds and calling them colleagues seemed quite odd. But gradually we started becoming good friends. Good friends who would end up in any one of the three canteens at the university.

To add to it, we made friends, surprisingly. It came as a surprise to us because initially working with a few 20s something crowds and calling them colleagues seemed quite odd. But gradually we started becoming good friends. Good friends who would end up in any one of the three canteens at the university.

Planning to order new items from the menu was something we always did but ended up ordering the same dish almost every day. Maggi, cold coffee, and perpetual gossip became a part of our agenda. Just like the fixed menu, we got hooked to their presence and it became our sole purpose of going to work every day.

The two months at MUST Radio 107.8 brought out the unexpected. We were fortunate enough to experience several other instances that shaped our minds and sparked interest within us to go beyond the conventional.

To give you a bit of background, MUST Radio was a community radio based on promoting literacy and youth empowerment. Naturally, we worked on subject scripts and recordings hoping to hear them being aired someday. Together we ideated several out of the box plans to effectively convey our message to potential listeners.

Each day brought something new and meaningful to our experience. Small things that led to imbibing bigger lessons for life.