The first blog...

I have resisted blogging for a reason. Conversation needs a listener and one is unsure who the target audience is when it comes to blogging. You don't want to impose yourself on an unwilling recipient as is often the case during a train journey. You pray that your passenger who holds you in a vice-like grip with his sermon on the current share market trends will alight at the next station so that you can extricate yourself from the verbal barrage! That's never easy.
The hope is that the blogger does not commit such a verbal "hinsa" since the reader has every liberty to shut the speaker should the topic be irrelevant to him.
There is one more reason why I've been hesitant. We have this concept of an "aarambha-shuura": Loosely translated, it would mean a person who embarks on an expedition with all earnestness and enthusiasm. However, very soon, the zeal is lost, the interest wanes and we are back to our older, irreverent ways. How many times have we sworn to wake up early or to exercise everyday, to eat well, to leave a bad habit or to pick up a good one ? Will this blogging fall by the by-lanes after a few posts or can the momentum be sustained ?
Finally, blogging has a feel of being a T-20 Cricket game; while some of us profess to play Cricket still the Test Cricket way. "Writing" has to be correct, grammatical and leisurely. However, "blogging" has  a loose, "cool", modern feel to it where anything can be dished out in the name of expression. To say that these two worlds are poles apart would not be an understatement. However, if a certain God from Mumbai can span all Cricketing formats with ridiculous ease and rule over them, perhaps the two writing worlds are not so disparate after all.
Take guard, a gentle tap of the bat, eyes on the bowler... The umpire shouts "play". The first ball is about to be bowled. Here I blog!

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https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/the-queen-of-the-night-lessons-on-life-and-being-the-best-version-of-yourself-taught-by-a-blooming-brahma-kamalam-plant-101683633064737.html

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(1) https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/chaotic-charm-of-group-photos-2933833

(2) https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/a-paan-india-delicacy-2808299

(3) https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/the-tv-and-its-many-remotes-2697747

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https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/right-in-the-middle/my-ancestor-and-her-ancestor-s-home-1227906.html

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(1) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/the-hubbub-at-the-polling-station-616124

(2) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/portrait-of-an-elephant-as-a-scene-stealer-609130

(3) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/no-escape-from-the-chief-guests-address-602646

(4) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/mehandi-buzz-in-the-house-593195

(5) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/the-pressure-of-board-exams-586383

(6) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/zero-and-its-variegated-hues-574501

(7) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/bidding-adieu-to-double-decker-bus-559784

(8) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/airport-goodbyes-and-parental-anxiety-552757

(9) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/punjabi-from-south-india-544070

(10) https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/when-withdrawing-cash-was-an-adventure-537704

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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/watching-the-world-from-the-skies-521055

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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/contrasting-ways-of-washing-ironing-515070

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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/the-myriad-sounds-of-india-508435

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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/grammar-of-cricket-500548

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https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/musings/from-reading-to-shouting-news-492083

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(1) https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/footpath-walking-in-style/article67855173.ece

(2) https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/window-wars/article67650153.ece

(3) https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-swarms-of-flies/article67477533.ece

(4) https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-concert-is-about-to-begin/article67318790.ece

(5) https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/whats-your-problem/article67143084.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/moving-heaven-and-earth/article66935443.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-year-end-ritual-of-selling-textbooks/article66770843.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/moustache-musings/article66636703.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/an-evening-at-guntakal/article66498544.ece

(10)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/football-with-grandma/article66328105.ece

(11)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/picking-a-book/article66133085.ece

(12)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/it-is-all-in-the-jeans/article65967576.ece

(13)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/multiple-worries/article65398266.ece

(14)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/crackling-crisp/article65069274.ece

(15)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/crossing-the-road/article65827666.ece

(16)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/footwear-escapades/article65682431.ece

(17)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/word-problems/article65518865.ece

(18)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/stressed-by-stress/article65267866.ece

(19)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/ode-to-the-big-tent/article38273608.ece

(20)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/goodness-by-the-ladle/article37984462.ece

(21)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/lost-marbles/article37596006.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/station-names/article36912566.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/machines-in-bad-company/article36294866.ece

(24)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-wedding-beats/article34857212.ece

(25)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/in-heaven-with-a-cup-of-steaming-coffee/article34059918.ece

(26)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-nostalgia-train/article33258300.ece

(27)

https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/confession-coupe-instant-friendships-and-quick-lies/article29246169.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/where-are-the-street-charmers-gone/article26967868.ece

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https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/the-bane-that-is-mathematics/article17410141.ece

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