My first blog - Why should we blog?

Many thanks to Nandu - he has initiated a wonderful way of putting to use our urge to write down what we think and in way it is permanently stored for many years to come and even for our kids to see as to what our thoughts were. I am sure i would have felt really excited and thrilled had my dad written any such thoughts that went through his mind in some place and i get a chance to read them.
So then let me make an earnest effort to list why and how i find blogging really useful and healthy.

1. It gives us chance to give shape to our innermost feelings and jot them down.
2. Now a days there is nothing called personal and public - its all in the mindset. So i do not need to care much about the target readers if they can have access to what i write as long as i do not mind anybody reading.
3. You can peek through many different mindsets and understand people much more better.
4. Sometimes writing brings out the best side of a person which is normally hidden because of the introvertedness or some other limitations.
5. If the blogger decides to share some good articles he has in his collection, we can have access to them as well unlike emails where such articles are almost always lost in the maze. It is easier to retrieve from a blog than in an email pool.
6. Even though we may not be talking to each other regularly, blogs will remain as efficient mode of communication between the group members.
7. Once again unlike emails, bloggers tend to be more expressive. while i feel lazy to write more lines in an email, the moment i know i am posting a blog, i tend to more keen to open up more and write more. In a way, it is motivating us to tell more and know more which is good.
8. We leave a trace of our mindset and thought processes to our younger ones. We do not need to judge or debate as to whether it is useful or not for them...just the fact that these writings remain permanent in some remote storage for many more people to read itself is a good feeling.
9. Instead of spending time aimlessly on the internet, blogging is a good and meaningful time spent - better than chatting on the social networking sites or reading movie reviews.
10. This is a positive addiction - where the benefits are immense.
11. When you are hurt emotionally or need to offload the burden of your heart, just go and write a blog - i am sure one will feel very light.
12. If the blogs you write earn attention and fame, then there is nothing like it - there are numerous stories offlate as to people who made their way to instant fame and adulation from their blogs. No not that one should write the blogs with this end result in mind - but be frank - who does not want some recognition out of this habit.
13. Nothing is off the limit for a blog. I tried writing a dairy for the last three years like i was doing at school, but i could not. hopefully i will continue writing on this blog regularly. This will replace my dairy with a permanent footprint for ever.
14. Whether a blog can replace a dairy which is more personal and closer to heart is a debatable thing. but as long as you are an extroverted soul and do not mind to think out loud, it is a safe way and safer place to write your dairy.
15. A blog also allows us to express our opinions freely and fearlessly in all matters of relevance and interest. Shashi Tharoor is a classic example as to how he posts his heart irrespective of the impact his post might create. Infact I somehow feel that some excellent ideas are generated by blogs which are posted regularly - but most of such ideas die a premature death in this gigantic maze of blogs and bloggers
16. Ofcourse last but not the least your english writing will definitely improve, your thoughts will appear more streamlined, your written skills will shape up for the better, your deep down grudges will have platform to express themselves, your innermost feelings will find an outlet and its own set emphathisers, your will find critics to your posts who are ready to dissect you deep and bare if you are interested.

I can write a few more....but it will fall in one or more of the above categories. So i urge all of you to also start writing something.

I know Krishna is a wonderful writer. Praveen too. So they also can start writing somehting. Janani and JP will follow suit.