WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO…

BY PRIYA JAIN

When we started this blog, we were met with a lot of cynicism… Why a united blog when all of us have individual ones? What difference is it going to make? You can’t stay ahead of the news! What are you going to say that is different from so many others? Etc etc etc…

Well, for one we want to clarify that this blog is not a competition to anyone else. We are not writing here because we are jobless or have too much free time. We are writing here, because many a time, our laments go unheard. One of us is a big fan of the movies. His job doesn’t allow him the joy to express it.

Another was judged based on her outer demeanor, when in fact she is a budding and possibly an excellent photographer with an eye for details many others would miss.

One is a TV anchor, with possibly zero chance of expressing his joy or disgust about the many things he is forced to talk about everyday. One more is a person who takes a certain joy in the kind of language most others will cringe at.

One is currently at home due to a nonstop spate of different health issues. One is just someone who loves people and truly believes in the power of opinions. One is a lady whose goodness is a blast from the past. God doesn’t make women like her anymore. There is another person who just loves the good life, partying and generally having fun.

No, we are not a team. We do not have a fancy office that we can boast of where we all work together and decide what we will write about. There is no editor or editorial meeting quashing ideas that move us. We write for the simple joy of writing. We write because deep within, we all want to be heard. It may or may not matter to others, but to us, that is irrelevant.

Every big change started with something small. We haven’t gone all newsy yet. But it is not to say we never will. This is also not to say we ever will.

We all write for this blog despite having one of our own each because we love what we do. And where there is enough love- success will follow. And going by the number of enquiries from the very people who scoffed at the idea in the beginning, we might well be on our way there. 

I sincerely hope that more people do join in and write more. For the love of the written word if nothing else.