Cycle of Cliches
I could recall quite a few life-long pursuits we had, well, sort of, committed ourselves into.
“Immortalizing moments – remember, you used to say?” I bloody well remembered everything. This was a reflection of one of my English professors, Professor Dutta. While teaching Joyce’s The Dead he had once said, “What is the author’s job but immortalizing moments?” That phrase – immortalizing moments – sounded elusive. It stayed back with me. I needed that freaking job of a writer so damn much! During one of our meets, I had shared this idea with her. Now, she was saying it had stayed back with her as well. Too good to believe. Fictional.