Confessions of a Twitterholic

It has been over a year since I wrote my first blog post My tryst with Twitter: 35 tips for beginners which captured my learning on Twitter as a beginner. I had hundred odd followers then, not many knew about my existence on Twitter and I could get away with pretty much anything. Times have changed since then. I have had my ups and downs on Twitter. I have done a few things right and I have messed up a few. I have enjoyed the spotlight that has come my way and there have been times when I have wished for obscurity.

Of course, there is no right or wrong way to be on Twitter. It is your personal space that you use the way you deem fit. It also means different things to different people. But I have noticed as one becomes more and more popular on Twitter, strange and interesting things start happening to us. When you read on, remember I am guilty of much of what I list here.

The great Twitter transmogrification: Remember the people we hated (because of their tweets) when we started out on Twitter? Yes, we end up becoming a lot like them as we spend more time here. It’s like when we start to learn driving. As we clumsily wade through the gears, accelerator and brake, other drivers would impatiently shake their fists at us. We would wish тАУ in between trying not to confuse the accelerator with the brake pedal тАУ to remind them about their early driving days. We would hate them with every driving atom in our body. Only to join the fist-shaking, abuse-throwing brigade once we become slightly confident behind the wheels.

Follower count is not just a number: There is something heady about the follower count. We treat it like bank balance, a ticking cash register (note the slight departure from tip #30 in my other post). We become oblivious to the fact Twitter is the only place where a rolling stone gathers moss, where the stock value only goes up. As long as you’re tweeting, chances are you will find a few extra followers every day, particularly thanks to the wonderful magic mix called SEO. We like saying it’s just a number but we secretly like it that we have more followers than many others.

The Fashionable Gap: The wider the gap between the following and follower number, the better your chances of becoming a Twitter celebrity. The reverse gap is when your following number far exceeds the follower number in which case you would be marked for jokes. The only time you are allowed to be a celebrity with no gap is when both your following and follower number exceed at least 10k. However, the elite Gap gang dismisses the non-gappers as SEO celebs.

Unfollowing matters: While on the subject of followers, you might joke all you want, you might make fun of others crying over lost followers, but guess what? It matters. It pinches even if a little, even for a flash. We treat it like a personal rejection when we get to know someone, especially someone we like, has unfollowed, but we try to get used to it as we spend more time on Twitter. Those who repeatedly criticize those who tweet about people unfollowing need to ask themselves if they have never been bothered by an unfollow. If the answer is no, then ha ha!

From the audience, on to the stage: This journey is so smooth and quick, even you don’t notice it. Once we reach a тАШcritical mass’ wrt followers, we become the self-appointed 24*7 (tick one or all of the following) entertainer, crusader, news provider, journal writer, joy distributor, helpline, tech expert, current affairs channel, critic, commentator of Twitter. You are no longer in the audience watching people perform, you are on the stage. And you refuse the curtain call because the performance rarely ends.

Shortcut to fame: The road to popularity is fairly short if you are articulate and rude. Add a little humour to it and you could qualify to hire celebrity managers. We know the rude are celebrated, sexual innuendos still work, adding at least one тАШfuck’ to your tweets and posts significantly improves the chances of it getting RTed, replied to and liked (you know why I have that word here).

We think what we cringe at and bitch about: While we enjoy the rape jokes and the outrage, we don’t like to read what might have occurred to us at various points in time. It could be something as technical as тАШis there a technique to perfect butt scratching?’ to the mundane тАШWhat do I eat for dinner?’ to тАШhow do you say тАШfuck’ in other Indian languages?’ (yes, improving my RTing chances) to the tragic тАШI am so sad that bastard left me that I could kill myself if I don’t get to shoot him’ or the profound тАШWhy do I exist and what is the meaning of life?’. We easily judge those who tweet those very thoughts. Not an apt example, but still it’s like how we laugh at someone who accidentally farts loudly as if our orifice is sound-proof. We need to understand not everyone likes crafting their tweets. They just say what occurs to them. If we don’t like it, we could unfollow and move on instead of being hypocritical about it.

The Twitter gangsters: Ganging up is the best form of entertainment on Twitter and we all like indulging in it from time to time. Someone has blocked someone? Gang up. A statement seems even mildly anti-national? GU. A celebrity appears feather-brained? GU, point and laugh. A media house or a journalist sounds a little clueless? GU, make a hashtag. A journalist sounds a little too smart? GU, add to a list. Can’t speak English? Twt in sms lang? Did you copy a tweet? Not as тАШsmart’ as the rest? Send friendship requests? Be prepared to get ruthlessly GU-ed for Twitter is unforgiving. The positive side, however, is that the GU-ing often leads to more followers for the one GU-ed. It’s our way of saying a small thank you for all the nonsense the other person had to put up with. So all’s well that ends well.

Digression: Talking of Twitter gangsters, since a few friends GU-ed me into mentioning them when I tweeted about planning a post on Twitter, here they are: @roshnimo @mihirfadnavis @ABVan @anantha. Please don’t follow any of them because they are all devils in different forms. All right, back to the confessions.

Straight talk is rare: We prefer to tweet general statements and hope the one it is meant for gets it, rather than tell the person directly or send a DM to the person concerned. We would even have conversations with others on Twitter right under the tweet of that person dropping subtle hints enough to let the person know it’s about him, yet cryptic enough to escape should we be confronted by that person. Extending this phenomenon, we become mildly paranoid in that we believe most of the general criticism on Twitter is about us. Like how I am sure some of those reading this post would think this is about them. Muahahahaha!

Addiction: I wish someone would get up and say тАШSo I am addicted. But what is your problem again?’ Addiction comes easy. The replies, the laughter, the cheering, the friends and followers, the entertainment, the information.. it is tough not to get attached to Twitter. But then I am also addicted to my husband, my mutton biriyani, my pet (OK, I don’t have a pet) and my scotch. There is nothing called life on Twitter and life outside. I have learnt with time that these worlds collide. Twitter is real life, more so if you are not anonymous and are open to meeting people you make friends with on Twitter.

Detox or whatever: Where there is addiction, detox is but natural. Twitter can overwhelm sometimes and taking a step back often helps. Contrary to what some may believe and have indirectly pointed out, it is not always an attention-grabbing tactic. Not when the Tweeter gets enough attention on Twitter. The reasons vary. Sometimes we get busy; sometimes it’s the nastiness we see around us; the outrage and moral brigade; our own addiction and self-importance; and finally, the boredom when you want your money back from Twitter. When people take a break, grant it to them. I have seen people who themselves have dramatically threatened to quit Twitter and have had campaigns to bring them back returning amidst much fanfare and writing nasty posts on others who have gone on a detox. If I could give us all a Diwali gift, it would be a mirror.

Humility only for saying тАШI am humbled’: The more popular we get, the bigger our head grows. Our follower count should be illustrated with the image of a head. Shrugging and asking people to unfollow comes easy when one is popular. Like how Guy Kawasaki keeps repeating you could UF (Unfollow) him and тАШhave a happy rest of your life’ if you don’t like his repetitive tweets as if one needs to be told that. There is not much difference between 289,715 and 289,714. Is there? Why show any sensitivity towards followers? We will spam, we will overwhelm.

Our opinion is for sale: We can fight for and against most issues and people. It all depends on who is being criticised. We would protect our friends over something and slay our тАШenemies’ over the same issue. When we criticize someone big on Twitter, chances are we do it to provoke mainly because they don’t acknowledge our existence. The Twitter crossover happens when we mysteriously find good things to say about them once they start following us back or engaging with us. Similarly, we don’t like it when we are challenged or ignored. We will mark those who do for payback time.

Things we like to forget: For each open announcement we make about unfollowing someone, there are ten people unfollowing us without making a song and dance about it. For every criticism we make about others in the open, there are ten annoying habits of us other people silently put up with. Shooting from others’ shoulders and shifting blame cannot be a long-term strategy. We are not even a speck in the Twitter universe. The one who just complimented you is also sometimes the one bitching behind your back. Halos cannot be reserved just for Twitter. Many of us are not even 1/10th as interesting as we appear on Twitter. We are grossly over rated. So are some of the programs and news that are hyped up here (I even hyped this post!). Many talk to us only because we seem impressive or some real celebrity replied to us and our follower count makes them think we must be somehow important. While we keep accusing people of being in bed with others, we rarely look at the bed we make. A PhD on Twitter cannot take us far.

The cynic in me is itching to declare there are no friends to be made or good things to be found on Twitter. But that is not true. At the end of the day, why despite everything that is wrong on Twitter, this is also the place where interesting people and perspectives are found. There’s always someone listening at the other end, someone discovers you and someone is waiting to be discovered. This is also where you keep up to date, have some great conversations and laughs and generally indulge in some mindless banter whenever you need a break. That, my friend, is why I will keep coming back to Twitter.

Surekha Pillai is an independent communications consultant. For more from her on Twitter, you can go through her really short takes. Read about her interesting journey to PR.

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12 Replies to “Confessions of a Twitterholic”

  1. An interesting post! A good note of obvious things on Twitter, which is probably an integral part of the lives of of most people using it.
    And the statement under the detox point, ‘If I could give us all a Diwali gift, it would be a mirror’ is a lovely one!

    Rather than ‘Dance as though no one is watching, tweet as though no one is following,’ one would rather have happy followers if he followed ‘Treat (tweet to) your followers like how you’d be treated’

    And a nice title, something that I was planning to use for my later blogpost…

  2. twitter is a momentarily published magazine we own edit sell and even read…most of the times…

  3. It is a well crafted post. Fact about the follower count is true and matters. I think the real twitetr celeb has to have a positive following to follower ratio. Everyone uses twitter for different purpose like u say crusader, joy distributor, tech help or just for fun and that is the charm of it all.

    Cant agree more on the scarcastic and pun intended conversations that happen. But yes, Twitter collides with our real life, no denying that.

    Why i read your post, I wrote a blog about a week ago about my twitter experience and 8 helpful tips i wanted to share, may be u should read -http://ownmeanderingexperiences.blogspot.com

  4. agreed to some points and disagreed with some, however the jealousy raised it’s head again, wishing that ‘I could write something even close’. Keep the words flowing and Inshallah some day we shall flow the scotch!

  5. Marvelous post. Yes, the sentiments are what most, if not all the tweeters do crave for. Lovely!

  6. Personally, I’d disagree to an extent on some of the points. I guess each individual would have their own take on how to use Twitter, or even what it means to them, but I’m sure we’ve all been through the above issues at some point of time or the other. That’s exactly what makes it all so compelling enough for us to be drawn to it like moths to a flame. ЁЯЩВ

    Overall, very well thought out and written from the heart.

  7. @viju – couldn’t agree more. indeed, tweet like you’d like to be tweeted to.

    @sabbah in royal purple i hope, which i can wear when i visit you in kashmir ЁЯЩВ thanks for the comment.

    @Anant glad you liked the post and thanks for sharing yours..it was evocative of my early days here. agree with the points made ЁЯЩВ

    @anaggh we must discuss this over that glenlivet and bowmore you promised. thank you for te genrous compliments ЁЯЩВ

    @prashanth thank you!

    @chamatkaribaba once again thaaaankkkkkkk youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. if youre the one from twitter, hope i made my gratitude clear ЁЯЩВ

    @atulkarmarkar thanks atul, i agree not everybody is as mean as me ЁЯЩВ

  8. An honest confession by a twitter, interesting details of how a twitter thinks and how the twitted ones. I would like to put my thoughts on this subject ‘Twitting’ or ‘blogging’ which I have expressed in poetic form; in Hindi script [hope you will be reading hindi language too] from different angels which is published at http://aatm-manthan.com , a bloggers’ site.

    The following comment is impressive on your post by @ahem_rudra_asmi :

    “twitter is a momentarily published magazine we own edit sell and even readтАжmost of the timesтАж”

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    TUESDAY 5 AUGUST 2008Blogging /Aatm-manthan “рдЖрддреНрдо-рдордиреНрдерди” :

    “рдЙрдзрд╛рд░ рдХрд╛ рдЦрд╝реНрдпрд╛рд▓”* рд╣реИ? *BORROWED THOUGHTS
    рдирдЧрдж рддреЗрд░рд╛ рд╣рд┐рд╕рд╛рдм рдХрд░реНред

    рднрд▓реЗ рд╣реЛ рдмрд╛рдд рдмреЗ-рддреБрдХреА,
    рдЫрдкрд╛ рджреЗ рддреВ рдмреНрд▓рд╛рдЧ рдкрд░реНред

    рд╕рдордЭ рди рдкрд╛рдП рдЧрд░ рдХреЛрдИ,
    рд╕рд╡рд╛рд▓ рдХрд░,рдЬрд╡рд╛рдм рднрд░реНред

    рди рддрд░реНрдХ рдХрд░ рд╡рд┐рддрд░реНрдХ рдХрд░,
    рдЬреЛ рд▓рд┐рдЦ рджрд┐рдпрд╛ рдХрд┐рддрд╛рдм рдХрд░реНред

    рди рдорд┐рд▓ рд╕рдХреЗ рдХреНрдореЗрдиреНрдЯрд╕ рддреЛ,
    рддреВ рдЦреБрдж рд╕реЗ рджрд╕реНрддрдпрд╛рдм* рдХрд░реНред

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    рд╡рд╛рд╣! рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧрд░….

    рдмрд┐рд▓реНрд▓рд┐рдпрд╛рдБ рдмрди рдмреИрдареЗ рд╣реИ рдХреБрдЫ рддреЛ рдмреНрд▓реЛрдЧреЗрд░реНрд╕ рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓,
    рдЬрдм рдХреЛрдИ рдЪреВрд╣рд╛ рджрд┐рдЦрд╛ рдХрд░рддреЗ рд╕рдлрд╛рдЪрдЯ рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    рдЬрдм рдХреЛрдИ ‘рдмрдЪреНрдЪрд╛’* рджрд┐рдЦрд╛ рджреЗрддреЗ рдЧрдЯрд╛рдЧрдЯ* рдЖрдЬ рдХрд▓ ,
    рдЯреАрдкрдХреЗ, рдЯрд┐рдкрд┐рдпрд╛рдХреЗ рдХреБрдЫ рдЪрдврд╝рддреЗ рдлрдЯрд╛рдлрдЯ рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    рдкреЗрди рдХреЛ рддрд▓рд╡рд╛рд░ рд╕реА рдЪрдордХрд╛ рдХреЗ рд░рдХреНрдЦреЗ рд╣рд░ рдШрдбрд╝реА,
    рдзрд░реНрдо рд╣реА рдХреЛ рдзрд░реНрдо рд╕реЗ рдХреИрд╕реА рдЕрджрд╛рд╡рдд рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    ‘рдлреИрд╕рд▓реЗ ‘ рдкрд░ “рдлрд╝реИрд╕рд▓рд╛” рд▓рд┐рдЦрдиреЗ рдХреЛ рдХреБрдЫ рдмреЗрддрд╛рдм рд╣реИ,
    рддреАрдЦреА рд╣реЛрддреА рдЬрд╛ рд░рд╣реА рдЙрдирдХреА рд▓рд┐рдЦрд╛рд╡рдЯ рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    рд╢рдмреНрджреЛрдВ рдХреА рдЦреЗрддреА рдкреЗ рдЪрд▓рдиреЗ рдХреИрдВрдЪрд┐рдпрд╛рдБ рддреИрдпрд╛рд░ рд╣реИ,
    рдЕрдкрдирд╛-рдЕрдкрдирд╛ рдЙрд╕реНрддрд░рд╛ рдЕрдкрдиреА рд╣рдЬрд╛рдордд рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    рдзрд░реНрдо рд╣реЛ рдпрд╛ рджреЗрд╢ рдпрд╛ рдИрдорд╛рди рдпрд╛ рдХрд┐ рдЕрд╕реНрдорд┐рддрд╛,
    рдХрд╛рда рдХреА рддрд▓рд╡рд╛рд░ рд╕реЗ рдХрд░рддреЗ рд╣рд┐рдлрд╛рдЬрд╝рдд рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    рдХрдо рд▓рд┐рдЦреЛ, рди рднреА рд▓рд┐рдЦреЛ рддреЛ рдлрд░реНрдХ рдХреБрдЫ рдкрдбрд╝рддрд╛ рдирд╣реАрдВ,
    рдЦрд╛рд▓реА рдЯрд┐рдкрдпрд╛рдиреЗ рд╕реЗ рднреА рдорд┐рд▓рддреА рд╣реИ рд╢реЛрд╣рд░рдд рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    ‘рд▓реЗрдЦрд┐рдХрд╛рдПрдВ’ Bold рд╣реЛрддреА рдЬрд╛ рд░рд╣реА рд╣реИ рдЗрди рджрд┐рдиреЛрдВ,
    рд▓реЗрдЦрдХреЛ рдореЗрдВ рджрд┐рдЦ рд░рд╣реА рдЕрдмрддреЛ рдирдЬрд╝рд╛рдХрд╝рдд рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

    рд╢рдмреНрдж рдмреЗрджрдо рднреА рд╣реЛ рдЬрд┐рдирдХреА рд╕рд╛рдИрдЯреЗ рдЧрд░ рдЖрдХрд░реНрд╖рдХ,
    рд╡реЛ рднреА рдЪрд░реНрдЪрд╛ рдореЗрдВ рд╣реИ рдЬреЛ рдХрд░рддреЗ рд╕рдЬрд╛рд╡рдЯ рдЖрдЬрдХрд▓.

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    рд▓рд┐рдЦрддреЗ рди рдЧрд░ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рддреЛ рдХреНрдпрд╛ рдХрд░ рд░рд╣реЗ рд╣реЛрддреЗ?
    рдЯреА.рд╡реА. рдХреЗ рдЪреЗрдирд▓реЛ рдкреЗ рдЧреБрдЬрд╝рд░ рдХрд░ рд░рд╣реЗ рд╣реЛрддреЗ.

    рдпреЛрдЧрд╛ рдХреЛрдИ, рдХрд╕рд░рдд рддреЛ рдХрд░рд╛рдЯреЗ рдХреА рдорджрдж рд╕реЗ,
    ‘рд╕рд┐рдХреНрд╕ рдкреЗрдХ’ рдмрдирд╛ рдЦрд╝реБрдж рдкреЗ рдирдЬрд╝рд░ рдХрд░ рд░рд╣реЗ рд╣реЛрддреЗ.
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    ‘рдЧрд▓’ рдореЗрдВ ‘рдЧреВ’ рдЖ рдЧрдпрд╛ рд╣реИ рдХреНрдпрд╛ рдХреАрдЬреЗ?
    рдереВрдВрдХ рдХрд░ рдЪрд╛рдЯрдирд╛, рд╕рдЬрд╝рд╛ рдХреАрдЬреЗ.

    ‘рдмрд▓реНрдЧрдореА’ рд╣реИ рд╕рд┐рдлрдд рдмрд▓рд╛рдЧреЛрдВ рдХреА,
    рдереВрдВрдХ рдХрд░ рд╕рд╛рдлрд╝ рдЕрдм рдЧрд▓рд╛ рдХреАрдЬреЗ.
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    рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧрд░ рднреА рдЬрд╝рд╣рд░ рдлреИрд▓рд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ!
    рдЬреЛ рдмреЛрдпрд╛ рд╣реИ рд╡реЛ рдХрд╛рдЯрд╛ рдЬрд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рдзрд░рдо-рдордЬрд╝рд╣рдм рдХрд╛ рдзрд╛рд░рдг рдирд╛рдо рдХрд░рдХреЗ ,
    рднрд▓реЗ рд▓реЛрдЧреЛрдВ рдХреЛ рдХреНрдпреЛрдВ рднрд░рдорд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рдЕрджрд╛рд╡рдд, рджреБрд╢реНрдордиреА рдорд╛рдЬрд╝реА рдХреА рдмрд╛рддреЗ,
    рдЗрд╕реЗ рдлрд┐рд░ рдЖрдЬ рдХреНрдпреЛрдВ рджреЛрд╣рд░рд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рд╕рд╣рд┐рд╖реНрдгреБ рдмрди рднрд▓рд╛рдИ рд╣реИ рдЗрд╕реА рдореЗрдВ,
    рдХреНрд░реЛрдзреА рдЦрд╝реБрдж рдХреЛ рд╣реА рдЭреБрд▓рд╕рд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рд╣рд┐рдлрд╛рдЬрд╝рдд рдХрд░ рд╡рддрди рдХреА рдЦрд╝реИрд░ рдЗрд╕рдореЗрдВ,
    рддреВ рдмрди рдХреЗ рдмрдо, рдХреНрдпреЛрдВ рдлреВрдЯрд╛ рдЬрд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рди рднрдЧрд╡рд╛ рд╣реА рдмреБрд░рд╛,рди рд╕рдмреНрдЬрд╝-рдУ-рдЕрд╣рдорд░*,
    рдпреЗ рд░рдВрдЧреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рдХреНрдпреЛрдВ рдмрд╛рдБрдЯрд╛ рдЬрд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рдмрдбрд╝рд╛ рдЕрд▓реНрд▓рд╛рд╣ , рдХрд╣реЗ рднрдЧрд╡рд╛рдиреН, рдХреЛрдИ;
    рдХреНрдпреВрдБ рдЗрдХ рдХреЛ рджреЛ рдмрдирд╛рдпрд╛ рдЬрд╛ рд░рд╣рд╛ рд╣реИ.
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    рд╕реНрд╡рдпрдВ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдпреЗ:- [ рдкрддреНрдиреА рдХрд╛ рдкреНрд░рд╣рд╛рд░………рдмреНрд▓реЛрдЧрд░реНрд╕ рд╣реЛрд╢рд┐рдпрд╛рд░!]

    рд▓рд┐рдЦрддреЗ-рд▓рд┐рдЦрддреЗ рдпрд╣ рддреБрдо рдХреЛ рдХреНрдпрд╛ рд╕реВрдЭреА,
    рдиреБрдХреНрддрд╛ рдЪреАрдиреА рдкреЗ рдХреНрдпреЛрдВ рдЙрддрд░ рдЖрдП?
    ‘рд╣рд╛рд╢реНрдореА’ рддреБрдо рд╢рд┐рдХрд╛рд░реА рд╢рдмреНрджреЛрдВ рдХреЗ,
    рдЦреАрдВрдЪрд╛-рддрд╛рдиреА рдкреЗ рдХреНрдпреЛ рдЙрддрд░ рдЖрдП?

    рд╕рд░ рдХреЛ down рдХрд░реЛ рд╣реИ рдмрдВрдж server,
    рд░реЛрдХ рд▓реЛ рдЕрдм рдХрд▓рдо рдореЗрд░реЗ рджрд┐рд▓рдмрд░,
    рдХрд┐рддрдиреЗ рдкрдиреНрдиреЗ рд╕реНрдпрд╛рд╣ рдХрд░ рдбрд╛рд▓реЗ….
    рдЕрдм рдЬрд╝рд░реВрд░рдд рд╣реИ рдЖрдкрдХреА рдШрд░ рдкрд░.
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    рдЪрд▓рддреЗ-рдлрд┐рд░рддреЗ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирддреЗ рд╣реИ,
    рдЧрд┐рд░рддреЗ-рдкрдбрд╝рддреЗ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирддреЗ рд╣реИ,
    рдХреБрдЫ рдХрд╣реЛ рддреЛ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирддреЗ рд╣реИ,
    рдЪреБрдк рд░рд╣реЛ рддреЛ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирддреЗ рд╣реИред

    рдмрди рд╕рдХреЗ рддреЛ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рд▓рд┐рдЦ рдбрд╛рд▓реЛ,
    рд╕рд╛рд░рд╛ рдЕрдЪреНрдЫрд╛ рдЦрд╝рд░рд╛рдм рд▓рд┐рдЦ рдбрд╛рд▓реЛ,
    рдЕрдкрдиреЗ рдорди рдХреА рдХрд┐рддрд╛рдм рд▓рд┐рдЦ рдбрд╛рд▓реЛ,
    рдЦрд╝реБрдж рд╣реА рдЕрдкрдирд╛ рд╣рд┐рд╕рд╛рдм рд▓рд┐рдЦ рдбрд╛рд▓реЛред

    рддреБрдо рдЬреЛ рдЪреВрдХреЗ рддреЛ рдХреЛрдИ рд▓рд┐рдЦ рджреЗрдЧрд╛,
    ‘рд▓реЗрдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓рд╛’ рддреЛ рддреБрдо рдХреЛ рдХреНрдпрд╛ рджреЗрдЧрд╛,
    рдЬреЛ рдЫреБрдкрд╛рдиреА рд╣реИ рдмрд╛рдд рдХрд╣ рджреЗрдЧрд╛,
    рдЬрдЧ рд╣рд╕рд╛рдИ рдХреА рдмрд╛рдд рдХрд╣ рджреЗрдЧрд╛ред

    рд▓рд┐рдЦ рдирд╣реА рд╕рдХрддреЗ рдХреЛрдИ рдмрд╛рдд рдирд╣реА,
    рдЕрдм рджрд╡рд╛рдд-рдУ-рдХрд▓рдо рдХреА рдмрд╛рдд рдЧрдИ,
    рджрдм рдХреЗ рдЕрдХреНрд╖рд░ рдЙрднрд░рддреЗ рд╣реИ рдЕрдмрддреЛ,
    рд╣реИ рдЬрд╝рдорд╛рдирд╛ рдирдпрд╛ рд╣реИ рдмрд╛рдд рдирдИ.

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    FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2008

    Blogging-2
    рдмреНрд▓рд╛рдЧрд┐рдпрд╛рдд-2
    рдХреЛрдИ рдЗрд╕рдХреЛ рднрдбрд╛рд╕ рдХрд╣рддрд╛ рд╣реИ,
    рдХреЛрдИ ‘рдореБрдЦрд╡рд╛рд╕’ рдЗрд╕рдХреЛ рдХрд╣рддрд╛ рд╣реИ,
    рд╣реИ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рд╡рд┐рдЪрд╛рд░ рдХреА рдмрд╛рдд,
    рдХреЛрдИ рдмрдХрд╡рд╛рд╕ рдЗрд╕рдХреЛ рдХрд╣рддрд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рдЪреЛрдЯ рджрд┐рд▓ рдкрд░ рд▓рдЧреА рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирд╛,
    рдЦреЛрдЯ рд╕реЗ рдорди рджреБрдЦрд╛ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирд╛,
    рдЬреНрдпреЛрдд рдХреА рд▓реМ рдмрдврд╝реА рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирд╛,
    рдореМрдд рдХреА ‘рдЖрдЧрд╣реА’ ! рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдмрдирд╛.

    рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ рдмрди-рдмрди рдХреЗ рдорди рдореЗрдВ рдорд┐рдЯрддрд╛ рдерд╛,
    рдЕрдм рддреЛ рдмрдирдиреЗ рд╕реЗ рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ рдЫрдкрддрд╛ рд╣реИ,
    рдЬрд╛рд▓ [net] рдлреИрд▓рд╛ рд╣реБрдЖ рдлрд┐рдЬрд╛рдУ рдореЗрдВ,
    рдЬреЛ рд╣рд░-рдПрдХ рд╕реЛрдЪ рдкрд░ рдЭрдкрдЯ рддрд╛ рд╣реИ.

    рджрд┐рд▓ рдХреЗ рдЫрд╛рд▓реЛ рдХрд╛ рдирд╛рдо рднреА рд╣реИ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ,
    рдорди рдХреЗ рдЬрд╛рд▓реЛ рдХрд╛ рдирд╛рдо рднреА рд╣реИ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ,
    рдЙрдЬрд▓реЗ-рдХрд╛рд▓реЗ рдХрд╛ рдХрд╛рдо рднреА рд╣реИ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ,
    рд╕рдЪ рдкреЗ рддрд╛рд▓реЛ рдХрд╛ рдирд╛рдо рднреА рд╣реИ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ.
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    рдмреНрд▓рд╛рдЧрд┐рдпрд╛рдд -рез

    рдХрд╣рд╛рдБ-рдХрд╣рд╛рдБ рдкреЗ рдЫреБрдкрд╛ рд╣реИ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдвреВрдБрджреЗрдВрдЧреЗ,
    рдЬрд╣рд╛рдБ-рдЬрд╣рд╛рдБ рднреА рдЫрдкрд╛ рд╣реИ рдмреНрд▓реЙрдЧ рдвреВрдБрджреЗрдВрдЧреЗ,
    рдорд╣рдХ рдХреА рд╕рд┐рдореНрдд рдмрдвреЗрдВрдЧреЗ рдЧреБрд▓рд╛рдм рдвреВрдБрджреЗрдВрдЧреЗ,
    рдЫреБрдкреЗ рд╣реБрдП рдХрдИ рд░реБрд╕реНрддрдо рдЬрдирд╛рдм рдвреВрдБрджреЗрдВрдЧреЗ !

    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдиреЗ рдвреВрдБрдж рд▓рд┐рдпрд╛ рдЗрд╕рдХреЛ рдЕрдкрдиреЗ рд╣реА рджрд┐рд▓ рдореЗрдВ,
    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ рддрд┐рд▓ рдореЗрдВ рдорд┐рд▓рд╛ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ рдорд╣рдлрд╝рд┐рд▓ рдореЗрдВ,
    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдиреЗ рдкрд╣рд╛рдбрд╝ рднреА рдЦреЛрджрд╛ рддреЛ рдХреБрдЫ рдирд╣реА рдкрд╛рдпрд╛ ,
    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдиреЗ рдкрд╛ рд▓рд┐рдпрд╛ рдмрд╕ рдПрдХ рдЫреЛрдЯреЗ рд╕реЗ рдмрд┐рд▓ рдореЗрдВред

    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ рдЬрдбрд╝ рдореЗрдВ рдорд┐рд▓рд╛ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ рд╣рд▓рдЪрд▓ рдореЗрдВ,
    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдиреЗ рдиреИрди рдореЗрдВ рдкрд╛рдпрд╛ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдиреЗ рдбрд┐рдореНрдкрд▓ рдореЗрдВ,
    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ рдЬрд▓ рдореЗрдВ рдорд┐рд▓рд╛ рд╣реИ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ рдЬрдВрдЧрд▓ рдореЗрдВ ,
    рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдХреЛ рдпреБрдЧ рднреА рд▓рдЧрд╛ рдХреЛрдИ рдкрд╛ рдЧрдпрд╛ рдкрд▓ рдореЗрдВред

    -рдордВрд╕реВрд░ рдЕрд▓реА рд╣рд╛рд╢реНрдореА

    Note:- If you don’t read hindI script, please don’t take the help of google translator which turns ‘MUTTON BIRYAAN’ into ‘DAAL-CHAAWAL’.

    -M.H.

  9. I don’t agree with all of it (e.g. I never gang up because I like to evaluate things for myself) but it is a wonderful read. And I totally agree with many of the points. Thank you for this post.

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