The blog turns one…

It is now a year since I started this blog.So, happy first anniversary to http://www.sharmilasays.wordpress.com

It is a good idea to have an outlook, share it and hope another’s perspective would be introduced  in the process to allow one to stick with the same outlook or change it. I enjoy conversations which educate me, I enjoy reading things that educate me but above all, I well and truly enjoy listening to a point of view which may be drastically different from mine. Nothing can be right or wrong in the way one thinks. “Scorning” an opinion is an etiquette I wish never to have. I have tried to take the scorns in my stride but I prefer healthy criticism. Sneers and jeers are a waste of everyone’s time, but if you indulge in a healthy debate, we educate one another. What better way to do this than getting our thoughts out on the virtual world and educating each other.

The cyber world is akin to the black hole in space. You fall rapidly into this region of space where nothing escapes you, not even light. When I put out my point of view and share it with the nameless and the faceless there are bound to be a myriad reactions and I lap it up quite happily. My views are selfishly on a range of subjects which interest me immensely. If I get paid to write one day, I may stop being so selfish but until then I hope you put up with my selfish streams. When I put out my first blog last year I was unsure how many would want to read what I write. A year later, I looked at the statistics and realized that the blog has had close to one lakh unique hits. On closer observation of the statistics page I note I have put out 159 posts over 22 categories and received 6,942 comments. The comments section of my blogs are more interesting than the blog itself. I wish to thank those who regularly come on to the blog and share their valuable thoughts with me, positive or not. I would also like to thank those who read the blog and do not comment but come by to just read. Blogs are like parks, some visitors sit on the bench and enjoy the day in the sun, while others come for a stroll. To each to his own and I wish to thank you all and hope that you take time to smell the roses.

Getting close to a hundred thousand hits on the blog may be peanuts for the more accomplished writers but for a juvenile it remains quite humbling. I wish to thank especially the regulars here, the members from Facebook, the followers on Twitter and the email subscribers to my posts. All of you well and truly encourage me to write. I am an Accountant by qualification and a venturesome trait prodded me to scribble and share. Over the years I have scribbled but not shared. Now that I hand out the scribbles to you, I am happy that you take it with a lot of gusto.The blog is an addiction. I do admire the serious bloggers who are on it every minute. I have tried to be on it as much as I can and this blog has quite literally grown on me and grown with me. No matter where I go I do not travel without the Mac and the i-phone. These two boys are the gateway to this blog.

Mr Pritish Nandy, my role model and one who I respect greatly has been kind enough to share my posts often with a wide audience and it is more than what I could have hoped for. You well and truly remain my inspiration Sir. The appreciative comments that I have received from you about my writing will be treasured for life.Mr Amitabh Bachchan has been gracious enough to allow me to leave my lengthy posts on his own space and even shared my complete “Raavan” review with his half million following on Twitter. Thank you Sir and thank you for once calling me a “dedicated” blogger.

So, on this note and without too much of dramatics and chivalry from my end, I hope you continue to enjoy this space. There are many who have made it their own and a reason for my gushing effervescence. Thank you.

Sharmila

9th December 2010

email: sharmilasays@gmail.com