Just few weeks before New Year, finally there was a reply from one of the inflight magazine’s editor. I knew it will be a positive response, considering my travel essay set in their popular destination, besides being topical for the chosen month.
But as I hurriedly opened, it was unfortunately a note of rejection. The reason was genuine: “Though we had plans to carry your piece on New Year celebrations in Sydney but we decided to drop it as there have been reports that the event won’t be held this year in the light of the recent fires in New South Wales which caused a lot of damage besides just pollution.”
This story is from the April 2020 edition of Woman's Era.
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