First step

Dears, say cheers as I have streaded my first step into your realm. Since this is my opening, let me say something more about me and plz forgive my narcissism.
Hailing from a small town in western Utter Pradesh, north India, I have always fancied to travel to big cities, exploring life in its all hues. But when I came to Delhi two years back exploring some opportunities in any newspaper as an intern reporter, the colour of my face withered away with constant refusals and the stungs of urban ethos. But people at Hindustan Times took a pity on me and presented me a chair to work on newsdesk. When my instructor was accompanying me to the upper floor of the HT building, I innocently told him that I am stepping into a lift for the first time in my life. “Remember the first step is the most important step,” he advised. I followed him, though not in all its true spirit but it has lifted me to the level of a sub editor of a reputed newsdaily of Delhi. At the same time the flame of lust for knowledge and information (literature) has been it somewhere within. And that’s I want to keep alight.....