A stranger from Alabama writing to say thanks.
Another from my own backyard, Bengal, essentially declaring that I’m nuts.
A friend bemoaning my ‘desperate’ attempts at ‘literature’.
And loads of email asking just what the hell I think I’m up to!
It’s been an interesting debut – my tentative entry into blogosphere...
Just the other day I saw a banner quoting a guy called Matt – “55 million blogs... Some of them have to be good.” I am just a simple guy trying to live up to the author’s expectations.
Nobody’s ever accused me of being intentionally intelligible. And I admit I’ve often gone off on a tangent to test the bloggy waters! Sure enough, the brickbats came flying thick and fast! Close friends browbeaten into reading my stuff decided to keep their mouths shut rather than share with me their horrific experiences. And a few kind individuals, commiserating with my ‘intellectually disabled’ status, helpfully hinted that the world wouldn’t miss much if I didn’t disgrace myself publicly in so spectacular a manner!
As I said, it’s been an interesting time!
Matt’s quote, incidentally, is already out of sync with the times. The number of bloggers out there today is more than 60 million! And just like Gmail storage space, it keeps growing every second! As far as “some of them have to be good” is concerned - I am, to put it mildly, concerned. Most of the times I clicked on the ‘Next Blog’ link at the top of this page, I promptly ventured into territories not too many mommas would want their kiddies playing in!
In some ways, it’s still the Wild Wild West out there.
Then again, that’s what the internet’s been all about. It’s only thanks to this ‘new’ medium that my thoughts are going out to you, unfiltered. The mouse is your remote. You decide what you like. I, on the other hand, find like-minded fools in far flung frontiers across the third rock from the sun...
The whole cyber-world is my playground; and I’ve barely learnt to walk!
My final thoughts on this matter. 60 million may seem like a huge number. But compared to a world population of 6.6 billion, it’s still quite small. It’s still a niche world. Personally, I don’t know anyone who blogs. And believe me, I know quite a few. (I’m talking about people in the flesh and those who aren’t closet bloggers.) But my tentative peek into ‘uncharted territory’ is sure to have its consequences...
All I can say, like Jim Reeves, is this –
Welcome to my world
Won't you come on in?
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