I first started blogging on rediffiland in the middle of 2006; that makes it 4 years. And this time has been tumultuous and almost tsunamic in my life. Careewise I made the shift to writing; I had my first book published and that is a huge monkey off the back; and paradoxically a woman who wooed me on rediffiland as angel.a cost me 2 years of peace of mind.
So I am not likely to ever forget this blog site.
There is something about saying goodbye; I have said so many times before on the site. There were days of heated arguments (it looks absolutely moronish on hindsight; they were days of living on rediffiland. I was a sucker for the “comments” game and would click on other profiles so that my profile would show up there and they would make a return trip and leave a comment). Foolishness, yes; naivety more than my share but there was no duplicity or diabolic interactions.
In the end, with iland changing into blogs format, there is no appeal to blog here.
I scribble my stuff on http://thinksathya.blogspot.com n http://observesathya.blogspot.com.
I do reminisce a lot of names from iland: Friendly ghost, Misty Bella, Anjaneyan, Dilip, P K Madhavan, Hellzangel, Psmith, Southside story of doctor, Bright (she was so vociferous), Sahiti (the philosopher), Trishna, Buddhoose, and so many infact. This is one world shifting from our ground; these names once upon a time occupied our thoughts and today there is nothing. But I have grown from being a combative and argumentative writer to a more tolerant and sombre chappie!!!
Those were the days, we might say. Those days are definitely gone. I wish myself and everyone who have chanced on this medium plenty of sunshine and cheer.
My current blogs are at:
I never wanted this picture at the bottom; seems soapy but let me not make a concerted and elaborate search; the paragraphs don’t separate; and these technical glitches have ensured that I need to appreciate blogspot more. But then who can ever deny the visceral pleasure of the early days; sometimes growing up is not all that fun!!
After the new Rediff Blog arrived, many friends have left, some after saying good bye, some without (of course, some have come back). We all miss the warmth of the homely iland as the new Rediff is not Blogger friendly………..wish you the best, Sathya.