The Begining

Well - its finally happened. For many months now I have wondered about blogging - wondered about why it is so popular, and then been amazed at the apparent power of blogging - how it has sucked so many people in and has become as far-reaching a form of media as any other - and I wondered some more...

But like so many other things in my life, I thought about it, wondered about it, talked about it with peers..and did absolutely nothing.

A friend of mine here is a devout blogger. Not only does he post blogs regularly but is also an avid reader of many blogs. What really piqued my interest was the useful bits of information and the manifold points of view that he found on various blogs he frequented. He makes it a point to forward these articles to me and thats pretty much all the blog-reading I have done.

Quite frankly I am yet to become an avid follower of blogs. But I guess, like most other things in life, your interest only grows once you are involved in something. And that leads us to this.

So here goes - my first blog post.

I have always thought of blogging as being merely an extension to maintaining a diary. The only difference I suppose is that occasionally a blog may reply to your thoughts and views - through comments from you - the reader.

But both require two things - a genuine interest and the discipline that goes with it. Which again is so true of most things in life.

If you have'nt noticed already I do have a penchant for generalizations. But more on these in the blogs to come.

For now, let me just bask in the glory of having finally started something that I have been 'wondering' and 'thinking' about for so long. And let me thank you - the reader (are u still there?) - for taking time out to read this.

Cheers