Well, I wish that was possible, because in
that case I’d hand out a glass to each one of my readers and then clink them to
the resounding clamour of ‘cheers’ from all around. Today, my blog turns ONE.
All those who have followed my writing since the inception of this here blog, they will probably know that I started it just because I was getting bored at home and staring at a four month long vacation with absolutely nothing to do except for eating and watching what I like to call ‘my big ass’ TV. And so began this incredible journey of jotting down my feelings, my experiences and sharing those of others in the blogging world and outside of it. It was the first time that I came to realize the responsibility of being a writer and the joy of sharing my work with those who really want to read it.
It is quite an achievement for me that this
blog managed to survive for a year. That been said, it is also an achievement
that I’m writing my 100th post on this day. It would hardly have
been conceivable to me that I could actually manage this, had someone used this
line to exhort me to write when I began. But I’m glad I did, because this day
is a feeling I’ve had only twice as yet; the first was when I finished school
and the second was when I completed my graduation.
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All those who have followed my writing since the inception of this here blog, they will probably know that I started it just because I was getting bored at home and staring at a four month long vacation with absolutely nothing to do except for eating and watching what I like to call ‘my big ass’ TV. And so began this incredible journey of jotting down my feelings, my experiences and sharing those of others in the blogging world and outside of it. It was the first time that I came to realize the responsibility of being a writer and the joy of sharing my work with those who really want to read it.
It was somewhere around the six month
period when I first experienced ‘writer’s block.’ I no longer knew what to
write and I’d already exhausted all that I wanted to put out. But then it was
this self-same blog that helped me realize what I wanted to write. Well, the
blog and some people:
Namrota Mazumdar who found a novel way to
keep me on the keyboard in times I didn’t feel I could write something
worthwhile; she started poking me on Facebook and this inconspicuous yet highly
effective nudging gave me the motivation to write again.
Then there was Sumedha Sharma who connected
with me on a more professional and personal level and gave me newer insights
into things one might just write off as normal.
Shruti Chaturvedi was I think my original
inspiration to start the blog and it was she who helped me take my baby steps
in the Blogosphere.
Farheen Raaj, one of my most intriguing and
talented juniors at college is the one person younger to me whose opinion
really matters.
My readers, especially those who commented
and reviewed my work have also been my constant critics and support who helped
me write better. A few of these people off the top of my head are Naini Khajanchi, Trisha Das, Debjani Ghosh, Dr. Shirish Kashikar and all those who
have been reading but not let me know of their presence.
I’ve had inspiration from many great
writers in the blogging world and to name all of them would take another post
altogether, but chief among them are Sakshi Nanda, Tomichan Matheikal and Nabanita Dhar.
Thank you all very much and all those whom
I’ve forgotten to mention.
Yours, in writing,
Brendan-Anton Raphael Dabhi.
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