Blog Birthday

Exactly a year ago, Toeragz was born. When I mentioned this to my fellow blogger and good friend, he insisted on writing his views on the same.

One day last week, when it was pouring heavily in Chennai and I decided to stay home and blog hop, my toe got stuck in toerag.blogspot.com. The blogger's latest post was about 100 things one should do in life. Now the Internet is full of such things, but something made me go through each of those 100 tips. What was that something? Was it that something which had brought me there in the first place? What was that something anyway? Or was it someone, instead of something? It was someone, I realised, as Sangeeta popped up on my screen. She said Hi, held my hand and took me on a guided tour of Toeragz. There, hidden in a corner of the screen, I found several small pieces, soaked in compassion and sensitivity. The pieces pick out the tiniest of human emotions which most of us tend to miss out.

My favourite is the short, short story about a woman addicted to blogging. And of course, her experiences with the tiny tots. There are many more, and many more going to come. And today is Toeragz’ first birthday. I wish to raise a toast because a blog's birthday is no less significant than a blogger's. A simple detail will explain that: just click on Sangeeta's profile and you will see it has been viewed by a few thousand people. Of them, a hundred must be returning every month to take a look, and of those hundred, a few dozens must be returning every week. And at least a dozen of them click on Toeragz every day: they are people who love Sangeeta, rather people who have grown to like Sangeeta. And she has accomplished all this without even stepping out of home.

That's the amazing thing about blogs: it connects hearts and minds without the help of middlemen. Physical presence is not at all necessary. In any case, it is the mind that matters. So here's raising a toast to blogging and to the great mind. Happy birthday Sangeeta, er, Toeragz.

- Bishwanath Ghosh

Thank you Bishwanath, for your kind words (me's blushing) To conclude this post, I have listed a few of my favourite posts

Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans-II

Class Act

Casper-The Friendly Ghost

Giving 'Miss' a miss!!

Close Dose

Baby Talk!

What was that again?

(I tried to look for the top 10 but could come up only with 8.

(Fishing for compliments.*Wink Wink*)

Uhmm, post The Great Indian Comedy Show, I would love to rename this post as Pehchaan Kaun? LOL

I started this blog when I was going through a difficult phase in my life. (which explains the name I chose for my blog-Toeragz) But since then it has been a great year! The Blog world has given me so many friends. Thank you all of you, and hugss!