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A career that is in sync with your interests and temperament does not stifle your growth as a person, rather enhances it. A high-flying, well-paid job will eventually take its toll if your heart is not into it. On the other hand, a job that satisfies your soul, even with a less attractive paycheck, will look like a more lucrative option in the long run. If it doesn’t make you happy and saps you of all energy even when you have just hit your workstation, it is probably time to make a switch. However hard you may try and however important it may seem, your best will also not seem good enough. It then becomes imperative that you listen to yourself and find your true calling. There is no Love on Wall Street is a novel by Ira Trivedi, the best selling author of What Would You Do to Save the World?: Confessions of a Could-Have-Been Beauty Queen and The Great Indian Love Story. Her critically and publically acclaimed books have been translated into various regional languages. She has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in economics from Wellesley College.
It is a fast entertainer
which binds the reader in its gripping storyline. The language is simple
and reader friendly. It is a book you would want to curl up with and put
down only when you have reached the end. The dilemmas which Riya faces
are the same that any Indian girl of her age faces around the globe. She
has to make difficult choices and also face up to the consequences.
Though she may not exactly love her parents intrusive and coercive
behaviour, she stays in some ways very rooted. The novel coaxes you to
follow your dreams and also shows you that when you reach there, it may
not all be rosy. And that it is never too late to start all over again!
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What
do you do when your dream of a lifetime is about to be fulfilled and you
are plagued with doubt about the sensibility of your decision? Welcome
to the life of Riya Jain who has a bright career in medicine and decides
to give it all up for a glamorous career in banking. It follows the
turmoil and hardships that she faces on her journey to attain the new
goal that she has set for herself. In trying to be her best and beat
others striving for the same goal, which only one can attain, she pushes
herself very hard. Along her journey she meets all sorts of people —
those willing to give her a helpful push, those who pull her down and
the ones out to take advantage. In trying to adjust rather quickly to
the sea-change in her environment, living life on the wild side and
proving her abilities all the time, she forgets and almost loses
something very important — herself. It forces Riya to weigh her
options and prioritise before it is too late. The very facets of her new
found job that fascinated her now seem totally alien. The novel conjures
up images of bustling everyday life on Wall Street, the work atmosphere
and also hints at sexual harassment.