While I was away in Rajasthan, my
blog quietly completed six years of its awesome being. I can never quantify the
splendidness of this space and what it means to me, but here I am trying to put
together six highlights of this entire time with a list of six of my most loyal followers, and some of my most favourite posts of all time.
The travelogues
From that first one about Chintpurni to this latest one about Rajasthan, I have loved writing out
the details of every trip I have made in these years. And the recently put
together Travels tab makes me immensely happy. Yes, I waste a lot of time
re-reading these posts.
I started these almost the
same time as I started this blog. In fact, some of these used to be around the
birthday at one point. They help put things in perspective. Now they almost
ensure that I am seeking to do new things and stay on my toes through the year.
They even calm me down. They help me let go. They make me love myself more.
This one was legendary.
I had made a random remark about the radio station, and would have never
imagined it to take the turn it did. Of course, the man in question left the
station a few years later and with that died the concept of talk radio, in India. And I
must mention that later I even had a civil conversation with him, and invited
him to a formal event on radio.
Going back to these is
embarrassing, but putting them up made me very happy. And when I do happen to read any of them, I realise
that it was a long, long time ago. The time when I still believed.
The times when I have just let it flow
A lot of vague
thoughts, a lot of ranting. I have used the blog on the worst of days. I have
written endlessly, not caring about how my handful of readers interpret what I
write. Doing this helped establish that I cannot do poetry. And well, it’s just
helped me a lot.
The six most loyal followers (in no
order):
1. Subhadip
4. Akshay
6. And
the few silent followers – Ruhi, Karan, Misba, Sahil, the person in Minnesota, and
everybody else that I don’t know about.
And my 6x3 most favourite posts. I
tried shortlisting six, but that didn’t happen. After all, there are 657
published posts here. Again, in no particular order:
I
am excluding all travel-related and year-end posts from this list. Just cannot
choose!
It’s a happy happy birthday to my
dear Fuchsiaa!!! :D
13 comments:
6 years! Happy Birthday to Fuchsia - big sister to mine and always such a great read.
Opportune moment to thank you and Fuchsia again for introducing me to this beautiful way of sharing, storing memories.
Sometimes when I feel friend-sick and think of you, I go back to your old posts - from when I didn't even know you, and there's so many news things I discover :)
Mabrook, Bhardwaj. (Arabic for congratulations) :D
:) Your comment brought a big smile to my face.
But I wonder what these new things you keep discovering are. :)
Arabic mein thanks kaise bolte hain?
I'm glad it did. I was smiling writing it. What a happy bunch we are!
These things I discover are little things. Maybe one day in some conversation, I will talk to you about the U special. Or the fact that Kunal Kapoor is hot. Then you'll know I've been reading :)
Arabic me thank you is "Shukran"
Hahaa...yes, U special was very special. And Kunal Kapoor is still hot. Hehehe....
Shukran hai, Chakroborty ji! :D
Haw! Chakraborty. *maafi*
Haha. Koi baat nahi, Bhardwaj. Tumhare liye sab muaf!
Happy Birthday!! :) You have nurtured this space beautifully! You know I love it and it is one of the two blogs I visit when I feel like reading awesome!
Keep it going.. it means a lot to a lot of people, at least to me! :) :)
:) back here after long...nice to see you posting even now...
cheers!
will read Rajasthan post soonest
cheers!
Priyam,
Hayee....thanks! :D
Namrata,
That is so sweet of you to say. Thanks a lot. I do plan to keep it going :)
Skeets!! Been really long! Thanks for visiting. :)
Happy Birthday Fuchsia :) - Swati
Thank you, Swati. :)
Happy Birthday to Fuchsiafunny! And the fight with MEOW FM... they should write about it in TOI!
I am delighted to be in the most loyal list (though it took me more than a month to read this!).
I am glad that you still write. Nostalgic the good times when we all wrote blogs, and played "Me First" while commenting... I made so many good friends through them! Carry on writing :)
Hahaa...yes, I agree that the fight could have been pitched to TOI. :P
I almost reconsidered having put your name there because you didn't respond for so long. So, this comment means more. :)
"Me First" feels like it was a different era altogether. Those were good times.
I will keep writing, you keep visiting.
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