Sum of the parts or the whole?
Being a professional coming out of a reputed MBA college, you are always taught the imperative of effective communication. It should be structured, contextual and to-the-point. This essentiality gets further ingrained when the artist in us dishes out Powerpoint masterpieces for a living. Writing for me, was always a juxtaposition of those consulting presentations. Adhering to my school of writing was about using impenetrable vocabulary, nuances of complex sentence structuring sprinkled with flabbergasting adjectives, astonishing alliterations, mind-boggling analogies and witty metaphors. It should hold the reader in awe, what value or connect it imparts to him/her should be an afterthought. Its your canvas, give them the modern art that they neither need nor deserve, but collectively agree on its (inflated) worth. Reflecting back, it surely does seem like an exasperating farrago. Closely following the rising Indian standup comedy scene, this stand of mine has definitely taken a sittin