At a time not so distant in my past, I didn’t know what the difference between a blog and a forum was. They were all the same to me. Just a place where someone raises a topic or issue and people comment or discuss it. To me, it all felt like bullshit and utter waste of time and bandwidth, which we unfortunately have a little of in India. Then I learnt about my friends running blogs. Raised my curiosity, it did. Harpreet's blog was the first I started reading out with. Things he talked about and the feelings he evoked. Then another close friend Alok started out with one. Felt left out. So here I am now, with a blog that I call my own. Waste of time? Definitely yes. Searching the deepest darkest corners of ones heart to come up with topics to write about. Wasting time on what Alok so beautiful put up as n e t w o r k i n g. And the tedious task of formatting and improving. Lot of hard work! So why does it have to be a blog then. I think I am quite close to what the answer might be. It’s simple. I don’t have a girl friend. Yes that is the truth. And neither do my friends. Sorry to let out on your secret pals! But that is the truth. Blog helps you share what lies in your heart. The things I wanted to tell people about. The thoughts I wanted to share with someone. A wider audience. If I had a girl friend then maybe I wouldn’t need a pseudo semi portal on a digital medium reaching for human touch (on keyboards. Lolz).
Newton’s law “every action has an equal and opposite reaction”.
So if I am giving something, I must be getting something back as well. I think yes. Things happen. Good ones, bad ones. We move on. But each and every moment in life has something to teach. You can read a book without giving a thought to what is being read. That is what life is. Things happen, they are registered in our mind and we move on. What was the value worth of that moment is something we don’t give a thought to. They like exams. You don’t study unless you have an exam. Well at least I don’t study unless I am faced with an exam. Blogging is thus a thought provoking process. You sit and analyze things of past or present. The way tings are. Why they are. How they are. What difference did or do they make to life now and later. You start seeing the better aspect of things. Had it not been for jerks like Alok and Harpreet, I would never have seen this way of things. Thanks pals. But do get a life. Get a real friend you can let your heart out to (♀). Cheers mate!
P.S: The girl friend point of thing doesnt apply to other bloggers mentioned in the post!!
ReplyDeleteSo, do you mean that if one has a girlfriend/boyfriend, he/she should stop blogging ?
ReplyDeleteOr if someone has stopped blogging then he has acquired a girlfriend now ? :-)
Well, girlfriends keep a guy busy. And blogging is at times an attempt to connect with people that think alike. Someone you can convey your thots too, and keep that thought process working. When you have a girlfriend/boyfrnd, then you don't need to connect to strangers on the net. Unless ofcos the gf/bf is a total dumbshit. :)
ReplyDeleteStopped blogging? Arrey uski kahani different hai. I have my own opinion about why he stopped but don't wanna talk about it. He gets upset. :)
Cheers