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I keep listening that its hard to identify me, since I look different everyday. You can decide if that is the case! But on a more consistent note, I have a name that I have no plans to change, and I have, over time, developed a few habits I would not want to change soon. One of those habits is blogging, and there are several other ones that I am fond of, such as reading fiction, critiquing mediocre research not barring some of my own stuff in that, talking to people who are popularly declared as eccentric, making new friends feels good though I am not the best in social networking, posing like a photographer actually doing some amateur job, and nurturing a dream of becoming a widely read writer (I guess I would first buy the option of becoming a rich writer) some day soon. Couple of years back, most of my friends thought I was an introvert with great ideas. One of them suggested me to blog. Since computer was only taking what I threw at it, and not throwing back any thing except for a few technical issues which appeal to other parts of my brain, blogging became a good option to me. WordPress was (and actually, I think it still is) a better platform compared to blogger or live journal or even tumblr which some of my other socially hyperactive friends use.

WordPress.com, I may not have done research. But I feel you give your bloggers good interfaces and some honest audience. And thanks for stopping spam so effectively. Happy to have been on your platform for two years…I am celebrating!

I began blogging on 16 December 2009. Looking back, there are several ways in which I can describe my blogging experience over the past two years. But the best of all, I think my blog began to reflect my personality and slowly began to be informative of myself. This too, I recognized when one of my friends, again, pointed out that the best way of knowing my views on any topic is to look back at what I have written around that topic. It turned out to be a good suggestion!

When I began blogging, I was amidst friends who have all been wanna-be writers. That influenced perhaps, I wrote many short stories. Over time I preferred calling them one-minute stories. A little while later, I started putting up some pictures I captured. There was for sure a little period when I thought I could become a professional photographer. But then, I realize now, it was one of those things technology does to you, “make-you-believe-you-can-do-anything“. I got out of it soon! At the end of an year of blogging, I saw that most of what I was writing had only one type of conclusion, dramatic. Well! Again, that is bound to happen to wanna-be writers. There were different variants of fiction (I would still like to call it that!) I tried, such as the six word fiction, snippet stories, some poems, and an effort to create a comical character named Mr. Heyde and so on. All those categories of posts did twist my thoughts once in a long while. But the only place where they are lying right now is in the Archives section. I keep adding to these categories when the creative instinct kicks in irresistibly. Also, somewhere in between, I tried posting summaries of research I was reading. But frankly, that was too technical to be fun. So, all those categories of posts were soon dead.

And then came in a change that is refreshing, and feels so everyday. Because it is about sharing the true colors of life. I began writing my own experiences, both personal and professional, the lessons I got from some respected others, and lots more that helped me vent my emotions, both positive and fiercely negative. There is also another category of posts that I brought in to pursue my burning intellectual fervor. These may be appealing only to minds similar to mine, but then I am betting it would be easy to find minds such as mine if only you searched right. For example, you found me already! I have started answering questions on Plinky, however I do not do that as frequently these days. I needed questions when I did not think. But now that I am, I am actually contributing to Plinky, not through answers, but sharing my brilliance in asking questions (I am not overstating what I did. It is what they say at Plinky).

Hmm! Now is the time I have to think about future, since I have scrabbled all my blog’s history. Frankly, there are no specific plans as such. The beauty of blogging lies in not planning it, perhaps. Then there are temptations I am experiencing. I might want to begin posting videos for a change, but it would take time before you see me blabbering away, eating your time much little however. I guess over two-years, most of the structure is strongly laid, unless my life takes another fascinating wild turn. I am impressed by what Khan Academy does. I might not be able to replicate the good work Sal does. But, since I am a teacher, I learnt that making learning easy should be the primary goal of a teacher, even if it demands use of technology and radical change in teaching methods. So, I consider putting up stuff on some subjects which I think I am reasonably good at, which hopefully would be useful to eager learners.

So, that is it for now. You have all this year to think and give me a suggestion on how I can improve my blog, or even myself. I am waiting to read from you. Wish you all the best!

Dated: 16 December 2011