Welcome to the wonderful world of blogs - Part I

Here i will talk about my own perspective on blogging. Since this post is quite large, I will split it up into many parts, the first of which you are reading now.

Blogging is a very recent phenonmenon, at least in our part of the world. It is not more than 2-3 years, i heard first about this. At that time, i didn't give much attention to this. But, as time passed by, it became impossible to keep unattached to it. There were blogs everywhere, by people who you know, you read, you listen to. Now, there are blogs about virtually every subject under the sun. I didn't want to be left out, so I decided to start one myself. I somewhere heard that the easiest way to become noticed, to be branded as an expert in any field, is to start a blog! But, there were two fundamental questions which bothered me. The first question obviously was what is really so great about blogging? Why is the entire world moving towards it, as if it came under the influence of some pied piper? A pied piper on the internet, the idea seemed quite funny:-) How did it gain so much in popularity?

Here is my version of the answer. Let's dissect the types of blogs that we find nowadays a bit. Blogs are found in several categories, whether they are text based, audio or video blogs. They can be business related, personal diaries, or with no specific intent, but just to enjoy the pleasure of sharing. My own blog belongs to the last category, at the moment. I don't have any specific reason in mind to write all this up. But, just think. Why would anybody take the trouble to write about anything, which is definitely going to consume at least an hour of their time, only to help people who they never have seen or even heard of? Of course, I accept that many people don't have any bad intentions in doing that; but, are all of those, good? If so many people in the world are good, why is not the world a better place to live in?

My version of the answer, is yes, why not? Why do you believe that people can't have good intentions? I agree there are some selfish, but often harmless motives behind such sharing. I too have such, like I want to be good at writing, at analysing, communicate effectively with others (primarily through the feedback mechanisms in blogs), and also to get more popular, appreciated and known to the world! If I can write this up just for the joy of sharing with others, others can too. Most of us are too self-centred that we absolutely feel that we are only guys in the world like ourselves. Nothing can be far from the truth. Think about it. There are billions of people in the world. Don't you think it is only logical for at least one percent to have the same ideas as you? Maybe a bit too much, 0.5 percent, i think is just fine. So, there are at least half a million people in the world who are at least as good as you, or maybe even better. Doesn't my argument seem to make sense? Another reason for my thinking in these lines is, I want the world to be a better place than it is today. Enough of selfishness, and closed door deals. We had had enough of it. Won't you like the world to be a better place to live in than today, at least for our kids, where people care to share, respect each other's feelings and live in harmony. I am sure, there are at least half a million others who share the same ideas as mine. Otherwise, do you think, the world would ever have survived this far? No way.

We will look at the second question in the next part, which i will post tomorrow.