BLoGgiNg----My Story

OM SHRI GANESHAYA NAMAHA

Blogging, a word with no place in dictionary so far, has become a part & parcel of our daily dialect and especially in the modern educated world, it has come out as a revolution.......

Per Se, BLOG does not mean anything...So everyone gets a chance to define it the way he/she wants......Speaking of my version, when I heard the word for the first time, it was mostly used amongst the metro-youngsters and in our part of India, it was still a mystery.....For the first time, about 3 years back, one of my Mumbaikar friends had referred to it, as if it was an ancient-styled modern usage of some simple substitute.....He took some word from my previous statement to him(Ofcourse i don't remember what it was) and spoke"........Oh, its a good topic for my BLOG, thanks yaar...Do read it next week...." On hearing it, waves went passing throughout my mind, synchronizing a desynchronized collection of words, until my brain finally concluded 'NO RESULTS FOUND'.....

So I tried wild guessing, combining logic and reasoning with my then-current knowledge of English....And, need I say???, I utterly failed....I thought it to be 'some kind of a gathering wherein people gave a topic for all to discuss'.......But, then it did not match with his invitation to me to read it.......So, my mind went screening it again, hanging around words----newspaper,article,magazine and what not, all adding to my pre-confused situation.....

I was so much lost in my thoughts that I actually ignored his speech for the next 5 minutes or so........During which, I wonder what-not he would have spoken, perhaps sometimes I think he may actually have explained what a blog meant.....Finally, I broke my thought process and gave up trying, partly accepting the relative supriority of metro-youngsters in terms of progress and individual-development, which most of the time I do not accept, considering MYSELF and my colleagues at par with any youngster of INDIA.....

Nevertheless, I frankly admitted to him the reality of my ignorance to the existence of the word called 'BLOG', whether an aborigin or an ultra-modern word, whatever it meant......And with this grew my desire, curiosity infact, to welcome a new word to the world of my own-dictionary.......
But, something happened then, which has imprinted upon me a permanent memory of this incidence.....

My rising curiosity was suddenly marred by a surprising "WHAT?" from my Modernized friend, which followed a long listing of accusations in form of a lecture, reflecting my technological inferiority and my outdated surrounding, lack of knowledge about internet and what not..........I had to go through long long statements before I could actually get aversed with the meaning of word BLOG.......I did not regret my ignorance at that moment as I had and have always believed that life is a continuous learning process, no one is 100% or no one should be under-estimated as you always have something to learn from everyone.....

To spell a single snuff, the entire lecture(as i call it) from my friend meant only 1 thing, "What, you don't know what a blog is?".....simply mocking at my ignorance, making me realize my inferiority.....Though known to all as the top short-tempered person, I still controlled myself, partly because he was a very dear friend of mine and partly because of my curiosity which had heightened then.....Nevertheless, A Friend Is A Friend......and as I had expected, he then made sure that I fully grasp the meaning of the word.....BLOG.....

Though it seemed very easy for him to explain, I appereciate his selection of words to explain me......He plainly said"A blog is a personal diary open to public". Though strange to accept at that time, his explanation which followed later as well my experience till date, proved it to be the best statement to explain the word..........And truly speaking, since then, I have not been able to find a better statement to define a BLOG........

Still, I modify it a bit to make my own indigenous definition of a BLOG....."A Blog is a Personal Note on Net,open to Public, meant to Outbreak information, Express personal opinions or Carry out commercial trade".....

So, this is the incident, which familiarized me to the world of BLOGGING......And Believe me, at that time(then studying in standard 12), I had not even imagined in my wildest dreams that the word BLOG would become a part of My Normal Routine and that I would be Publishing My Own Blog one day.......I had considered blogging at that time as 'just another time-pass' for people who do not have any other purpose to use net or for those spoiled-kids, the so called Lovers or Romeos, of metro-cities.........

And the process from having an idea, an inspiration that 'Yes, Why can't I own a blog?' to the actual finalizing of a good site, good-catchy name and more importantly enough time to proceed, took a hefty time of about a year, and included a lot of hurdles and confusions, of which I think I would rather describe sometimes later, in a fresh post......

Lastly, I would not forget to thank two of my very dear friends(whose names, I will disclose later) , and ofcourse, support from my family, without which I would never have overcome the intricasies before starting my own blog.......

OM SHRI GANESHAYA NAMAHA.

Herewith, I finally LAUNCH my blog officially.........

Please accept sincere gratitude and thanks from an amateur blogger, a learner infact, for visiting My Blog........Do express ur comments, suggestions and views for my further course in the world of BLOGGING...........