Having spent a considerable part of my life wielding the blue pencil, sifting through other people’s writings, there was one thing I had decided quite early on … I was never going to write myself. This decision was largely influenced by a comment I had heard about editors: “Editors are like eunuchs in a harem; they see it being done so many times, but can seldom do it themselves”. But little did I know then that someday I too would be swayed by charms of blogosphere, and make the heady move of jumping into the blog-wagon.
So here I am daring to bare, a la nishikutumbo style. Those of you who haven’t already had your fill of 30-somethings hyperventilating in Bridget Jonesian fashion are welcome to eavesdrop into these all-rant-and-no-substance posts. The blog purports to be nothing serious. It’s about quotidian realities, travails and tribulations, tears and laughter and everything in between, just a manner of making sense of life by someone who muddles most of the time and blots out reality once in a while.
While I key in these words I suddenly realize that the gen-next’s (still can’t get to think myself as that though) sounding board is merely a frosty electronic page rather than a warm flesh-and-blood human being. But behind this seeming silence also lies the possibility of reaching out to millions and touching them in some way or the other. I'd be blessed if I can manage to realise even a fraction of that possibility.
2 comments:
Welcome to the world of blogging. I have a different opinion on this though. It might not exactly be a la Bridget Jones always, I think the popularity is more in the 30 plus women as today they comprise a major chunk in the urban work force. But I also think women do have a way with words proven by none other than young Anne Frank who was much ahead of her tender 13 years. I find writing to be a great stress buster as well. And the mundane life experiences I suppose are no less greater if they are not in the realm of war and destruction ,so please keep writing!
as you rightly said writing might not be always a la Bridget Jones, but I think all of us would agree on its "therapeutic" abilities... come to think of it Bridget Jones (poor thing) was also doing that in between her booze guzzling and boss oggling sessions... and yes as you rightly say, mundane life experiences do deserve a mention... they might not make headlines but all of us are in a way tired of "breaking news" aren't we?
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