वर्ष नव,
हर्ष नव,
जीवन का उत्कर्ष नव।
नव उमंग,
नव तरंग,
जीवन का नव प्रसंग।
नवल चाह,
नवल राह,
जीवन का नव प्रवाह।
गीत नवल,
प्रीत नवल,
जीवन की रीति नवल,
जीवन की नीति नवल,
जीवन की जीत नवल।
— हरिवंश राय बच्चन
Month: December 2008
First Post
I have finally succumbed to peer pressure and am commencing to blog. Why did I resist so long? In this age of electronic communications and instant messaging, I still cherish the good old fashioned handwritten letters, meetings and heated arguments, backslapping and (even) backstabbing, the general bonhomie of meeting like minded people over a beer and the imperfect but interesting world of smoke and sweat.
The thought of writing stuff on the screen for everyone to read is a wee bit scary. A hundred ‘what if’ scenarios run through your mind.One of my friend quoted an ancient chinese(?) proverb which says something like ‘A journey of a thousand miles is begun with a small step’. Wise people those ancient Chinese be! They have managed to give a cloak of respectability to my efforts.