Why do I write blogs?

This is a question that I have been trying to answer for the last couple of weeks -"Why do I write blogs?" I think there are some who read my blogs. Some may like them; some may feel they are some mindless articles. I am writing something "hoping" someone reads them. And the question remains "Why do I write blogs?". I am not a film star or a celebrity that people will like to hear every word I speak or write. In fact, I am thankful to all my readers who take time out of their busy schedule and read my blogs.

The answer to my own question in one sentence is, perhaps, I enjoy doing it -- just like I enjoy cooking. In our life we do most things that we may not enjoy 100%. Yet, we spend most of the time doing such things. Some of us spend the whole life trying to find out what we enjoy doing most in our life. For example, we may not like our office job 100% - some may like 70%, some 20%. Nonetheless, every day in the morning we get ready for office and spend most of the time of the day in the office to ensure constant flow of the fuel for our life. And then some may be so lazy that they hate doing any household work, but they do so nonetheless, as otherwise the family will not run. Some may be pursuing higher education, but not willingly. The list is endless. Given a choice, all these people would rather do other things that they enjoy more.

For me, writing blogs is not a compulsion. Its a thing that I enjoy doing. So, even if it just before the exams during my MBA days, or when I was down and out in Calcutta or staying up late night after office hours, I don't fret about it. After writing a good blog, I feel a sense of satisfaction and joy.

It is not about fame or trying to show-off something. Before blogs, I used to write diaries. In blogs I share my emotions and experience with so many; in diaries I knew that those feelings would be confined within the pages of the diaries. So, surely it is not for any sort of acknowledgement that I write blogs.

I have been writing poetries since the age of five. And since then, needless to say, many things have changed. But my inclination towards writing has not.

Through my blogs I express myself. I vent out my emotions and feelings. I share my experiences through my blogs. In our life we spend time for others -children, spouse, parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, friends, colleagues and so many. So, why not some time on ourselves, as well? Through my blogs, I start interacting more with myself. In the course of writing blogs, I spend time with myself. Through my blogs I explore myself and get to know myself and my world a little more each and every time.

My blogs are the windows to my world – not only for the readers, but also for me.

The name...

Before I write any blog, I think over the topic for some days or weeks...even months. There are topics which I thought for weeks and then discarded as I did not find enough substance in it. There are topics, which I started writing and then didn't publish as the end result was not what I had expected.

In November, 2009, I wrote a blog "For GOD's sake, we all are different". I have been thinking on this topic for quite some weeks. It was also during this time - October/November - that we had to choose a name for our lovely daughter, who was born weeks before on 19th September. Indian names generally are Sanskrit words and they have meaning behind them. For example, the meaning of my name is "rays of the sun". Amit means Sun and ava means rays. So, Amitava means "Rays of the Sun")

Call it coincidence or call it the work of sub-conscious mind, the name that I suggested (which was finally accepted and remains my daughter's name) is Adwitiya, which means "no comparison", which sort of sums my thoughts on how I feel everyone is different and hence comparisons are unwanted and uncalled for.

Let us all live the way we want to live and be happy with how we live.