Why Blog?

Blog. The word (perhaps due to its similarity with gobble) used to conjure up images of food in my school days. Too lazy to look it up, I was ignorant to the world of blogging until I entered college, back in 2010.

Even then, I could not associate with it or understand its purpose. If it was a means to write about one’s daily experiences, surely maintaining a diary offered a much more visceral experience?  Expression of thoughts, ideas, dreams, fantasies, desires; one can argue that all these things can be penned down in a diary and the author feel sufficiently satisfied. Then, perhaps the charm of a blog lies in it being accessible to the masses. The notion that anyone anywhere in the world can look up my travel experiences in Pondicherry because I decide to put it down as a blog is indeed exciting.

So, is this going to be a travel-blog? In part, perhaps, but definitely not restricted to just that. I think this is going to be a place where I express my opinions (I can be fairly judgmental),  my ideas, my dreams, and random musings on occasion. Will I also write about my college experiences; the sadist professor, the new found (and lost) love, the hectic schedule, the crazy night-outs? I think I will, but I will also be disappointed if this blog is reduced only to my IIT-IIM experiences.

I have seen several blogs die out and wither away, and many were by writers far more accomplished than I am. I don’t know if I myself have the time and energy to maintain an active blog. The former will tell!