Blog Trotting

There is another atmospheric layer apart from the ones we already know of. At the risk of raised eyebrows and sarcastic comments, I will have to insist on this fact. I know cause I am living in it now. It primarily consists of letters and pictures - not unlike books sans the physical pages, the insane smell of print and glossy covers . It is called Blogosphere... 

Blogosphere is a multi-colored layer spanning from the Earth right through Troposhere and ending in Exosphere. It is mainly composed of emotions, experiences, stories, poetry, photography, quizzes and much more. The inhabitants here survive on “followers” and “comments”. Without these they shrivel and die a sad death. I roam this layer much like a tourist now and am awed by its magnanimity and power. However, I do aspire to stay on and hence I came armed with a whole lot of luggage to add to Blogosphere. The hope that remains is I don't end up polluting it. 

My journey began on an uneventful evening, when a thought just fleeted into my head. Of course I was facebooking at the time. My eyes suddenly strayed to the left hand corner of the page where a I saw a link that said "create your own group". Little did I know then that this was just the beginning of a lure that would hold me in my place for quite a while. Having nothing to do I quickly acted on it, created a "Ladies Club" and invited a few friends to join it. It started with 5 gals and has quickly grown to more than 200 talented members now. Most of them I still haven't met but somehow these ladies slowly took over a substantial part of  my waking hours. It was as if I knew them through and through all my life. Ladies Club became so addictive that I easily ringed out at least 5 hours a day for it. Suddenly this group had all this literature that they brought back from Blogosphere that completely enveloped me. 

So far my knowledge of writers were limited to the ones that were published - whose books I read and the names I googled.  To my complete amazement I was now face to face with people who ink amazing literature, as easily as taking a sip of tea, and for the most part don't even realize their own worth. I was introduced to Blogosphere by Alpana (from the club) and her lessons in life.  As time went by, I had to just take a stroll to Rimly's for some mesmerizing sensuous poetry and heartfelt experiences;  Yoshay's gothic literature at its peak will take over you completely, to be blown over by versatility stop by Sulekha's; Lavina even promises a drink while we read about the most interesting events, places and people; to have a light moment check out Priya's amazement at the entire world but herself and Clooney; small incidents in  Sukanya's life make fabulous short stories; Nina's take on movies, literature, life, food etc is just the place to go for a quick recommendation and entertainment, Chokher will easily win your heart with her poetry, Eva's honest portrayal of world through photographs and prose makes you wonder again - why isn't she famous??? Why is Vani not rolling in money? In the meantime I cannot stop reveling at the fact that when these women do get published I would know a handful of famous people.

By this time, I was convinced not only to travel to Blogosphere but stay there for the rest of my life. One fine day, Providence just sent me the ticket as a small pleasant surprise. The ticket had "Bloggers Network" written in bold across it. I grabbed it with all my might and left. As promised, the ticket took me  to the most scenic place in the atmospheric layer - Derek ruled this layer  - he was the leader of the pack, an undisputed chief in the newly coined marketing tool called - social media. Here I met even more fabulous talents - Roy, Sweepy, Ardith, Jim, John, Abhishek, Pandora, Prithwijit, Charles, Ricky, Ed , still another Jim, a whole conglomeration of writers and even more people have become my utmost favorite in this world.... they have it all. Blogger's Network opened up even more avenues for me to check out and I moved with a curious soul...

They were even children that floated in Blogosphere - I was amazed at the depth of their feelings - one would probably not even know the intensity of their thoughts if it hadn't been penned down. Joyee’s maturity besieged me while Ishaan’s thoughts revealed the intricacies that can hover in a little brain…

 I have been here for about 4 months now and have finally been given a temporary visa called ‘howaboutthis’. The status could only change to 'permanent' if I abide by the laws of Blogospere and am able to contribute meaningful matter to it while getting enough fodder for survival. My journey continues ...