Of late I have been meeting people who are making me write more and talk more. Yes both in print and on radio, I have come across people from various backgrounds, professions and various sensibilities. Right from an enriching meeting with noted theater personality & director M.S Sathyu to the otherwise quite Ramanujam Sridhar (or maybe he talks when there is the need to. He was there in our studio to talk on public relations as a career) to whole lot of women who provided me inputs in writing my features for publications, each is a different person with different attitude.

Someone asked me if I get a thrill in meeting personalities than just ordinary people. The question made me think – are those who are not popular because of publicity and media ordinary people? I do admit people who are known because of publicity have an aura and they need to retain it. Yet people who are not known and are continuing with their regular work; are thought to be ordinary. Why should one think so, for they may have better ideas, opinions and intellect that is yet to be made public?

When I write on specific issues that make me think about them deeply, generally I do understand I cannot move ahead without other’s inputs on them. So at least for me people, who give their comments for my articles, give their opinions; hold equal importance if not more than the people I meet for radio chats.