Yeah, that's what it feels being back in this space after...ohhh emm geee..8 whole years! Damn, I feel so old just calculating that. I mean 8 years back, I was not even a school kid! How does that make me feel? Well, anyway, I have no idea why I've returned to this space today, of all the days and months that have swept by - I mean, it's not my birthday, it isn't any special occasion nor am I going through any eventful phase in my life right now that I'm bursting to write about - but it does feel good. And bizarre too, at the same time. Why? I'll tell you. This blog used to be an inspiration for me at one point of time; it used to be a space for me to vent out all my feelings and dish out random rantings. I mean I used to write about basically anything and everything that happened in my life right from the latest movies I watched to crazy bets placed with my friends to being asked to write apologies at our hostel for all the pranks we've done (yeah, I think there's a post on that down there!) I also used to love all the comments that came flowing in once I posted an blog entry and replying to each of them personally.
Then there were those blogs perched on the right side of my page - my good old fellow bloggers! How I used to enjoy reading their stories and commenting on them enthusiastically. But today as I click on them, I can see that most of them have moved away from this space, around the same time as I had or a little later. Well, the point is nobody is around anymore and somehow that makes me feel all weirded out. We are all are caught up in the cult of busy, that it seems impossible to pause for a minute and reflect on our thoughts, let alone jotting it down. Or maybe it wasn't exactly that we were busy. Because I remember back then I had found time for blogging right in between my exams too. Maybe it was just that our priorities changed as we moved ahead, our interests have deviated and yes, the social media revolution - how do I forget that? In the past decade, my thumb would have walked (or rather, crawled) more miles than I have. I'm sure most of us would agree on that here. Life updates are now restricted to mere FB statuses, hashtags and pictures on Instagram. Strange, but that's the truth!
So, anyway since I'm back here after ages I just thought I'll write something up. Coz I don't remember when was the last time I wrote something of this length; forget the formal, pesudo-polite emails at office, let's not even get into that! Not sure if any of my old readers are around, but if you are, please give me a yell! :D
Then there were those blogs perched on the right side of my page - my good old fellow bloggers! How I used to enjoy reading their stories and commenting on them enthusiastically. But today as I click on them, I can see that most of them have moved away from this space, around the same time as I had or a little later. Well, the point is nobody is around anymore and somehow that makes me feel all weirded out. We are all are caught up in the cult of busy, that it seems impossible to pause for a minute and reflect on our thoughts, let alone jotting it down. Or maybe it wasn't exactly that we were busy. Because I remember back then I had found time for blogging right in between my exams too. Maybe it was just that our priorities changed as we moved ahead, our interests have deviated and yes, the social media revolution - how do I forget that? In the past decade, my thumb would have walked (or rather, crawled) more miles than I have. I'm sure most of us would agree on that here. Life updates are now restricted to mere FB statuses, hashtags and pictures on Instagram. Strange, but that's the truth!
So, anyway since I'm back here after ages I just thought I'll write something up. Coz I don't remember when was the last time I wrote something of this length; forget the formal, pesudo-polite emails at office, let's not even get into that! Not sure if any of my old readers are around, but if you are, please give me a yell! :D
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