From that historical day in the year 1997, when Jorn Barger coined the term ‘blog’, it has been almost 9 years since then & blogging has not looked back. To say that its rise has been upwards would infact be a great understatement as indeed blogging has moved by leaps & bounds in this modern era. Sky is the limit as it is not restricted by boundaries, cultures, traditions etc. And so it is rather obvious that there should be a day dedicated to the next revolution in Internet publishing. Hence, today ,i.e, 31 August is officially celebrated around the world as blog day…

Besides the ‘blog’ day itself the ever escalating heights & growing popularity of the blog is evident from many facts with manuals on ‘how to write blogs’ starting as early as 2001. Moreover blogs have gained increasing notice & coverage for their role in breaking, shaping & spinning news stories. The Iraq war saw bloggers taking measured and passionate points of view that go beyond the traditional left-right divide of the political spectrum. The second Iraq war was the first “blog war” in another way: Iraqi bloggers gained readership, and one, Salam Pax, published a book of his blog. In 2004, the role of blogs became increasingly mainstream, as political consultants; news services and candidates began using them as tools for outreach and opinion forming.

Merriam Webster’s Dictionary declared “blog” as the word of the year in 2004.

And if all this was not enough the year 2006 has witnessed the most phenomenal impact of blogs with the launch of the first ever movie produced, directed & advertised on the internet as well by the bloggers themselves: “Snakes on The Plane”. The most outrageous thing about the movie is its most simplistic title itself as it only means snakes on the plane only & nothing more. Such has been the excitement created by this movie that even before its release there are talks of it being nominated for the ‘movie of the year’ award. And all this is possible only because of the widespread publicity done by a community of bloggers on the net without seeking any support from external sources & their more experienced counterparts. This movie has won worldwide acclaim even from the critics.

Believe me this is only the start, a mere glimpse of things to come from the repertoire of bloggers. Remember sachin batting in his teen years, Schumacher’s rip roaring driving on his arrival, all the hoopla surrounding the initial exploits of Sampras & Jordan. Well all of us knew that much more acts of greatness would follow. I assure you that same is the case with blogging.

For somebody once quoted-
“Ordinary persons discuss people,
Average persons discuss events,
Extraordinary people discuss ideas.”

I would like to add one more line in the end.
“Bloggers discuss everything.”

And me being one of them salutes the passion of blogging on this historical day…

Yes its been a long time since my last post & an exciting one too. Since during
this hiatus I have experienced varying frequencies of emotions, ranging from a
state of absolute delirium to supreme ecstasy. And its been a fascinating
journey for sure which has seen me shuttling between dehradun & patiala. For
what started with initial disappointment & agony of not clearing the written
test of infosys & then failing at the final frontier (the doomed HR interview)
of TCS, soon took a U turn as a feeling of euphoria & immense satisfaction
prevailed all over me when I finally got placed in Cognizant Technologies. There
were just four words to describe this out of the world feeling: “I have done
it”!

As I have also been preparing for the “CAT” (with due respect) all along, my
journey through various mock tests has also been nothing short of ups & downs.
In fact, if one has to compare these two events: placements & mock CAT
simultaneously, then you would surely be dumbfounded by the degree of
contradictory results between the two of them. For these two have resembled the
two opposite sides of a coin in more ways than one. As I don’t seem to have both
going my way at the same time & frankly speaking it has left me quite perplexed
at times. The greatest irony being the fact that my best performance in mock
tests was on that very day when I had failed the infy written test. And from
that time onwards as I have slowly but steadily approached the day of my
placement, my mock scores are following a downhill slope & they seem to be
living up to the reputation of their name: mocking me from time to time.

But now with a job in hand, the time has well & truly arrived to stem this rot.
Its high time now that I redirect all my focus & single-minded levels of
concentration to my cherished goal in life, my dream…

So my dear friends I am off to another long journey again to make-

MISSION ‘IIM’POSSIBLE!!!

Yes I am back with a bang…