Me & Blogs

Here’s the deal! Dad has been trying to get me to start writing for a long time now. Then comes this friend who decides to push me down the same street. I ask you! What is it that I am supposed to write? Where do I find something interesting to talk about every single day? Oh this is all seeming so difficult.

A few months ago, when dad first mentioned it, I had just finished reading a series of books. They are simply wonderful and so I decided to write my first blog about them. Here is what I came up with.

“You are the key!

This is a tribute to an author who I have recently discovered. Nora Roberts - the lady who wrote the ‘Key Trilogy’. In the last 6 months this is the second time I am reading the whole series, something I have never done, and I am enjoying it even more than I did the first time.

The series has been described as ‘paranormal romances’. And this is exactly what they are. They have all the ingredients of a delightful romance, woven with the threads of the utterly fantastic. I am a big fan of the extraordinary and, being a woman, partial to a good love story. When this is all put together in a book designed to amuse with its sense of humor, and to pull you in with its graphic descriptions, you know you have a winner.

Then there are the characters; Malory, Dana and Zoe... a triad of beautiful, intelligent and vulnerable women, all in their own right. Flynn, Jordan and Brad; men we women can only dream of. They all have their shortcomings, making them human, people I can identify with…”

And this is where the writing ended. Then in the month of February I went to Delhi to attend an awards ceremony where a dear friend was being given an award for his work with animals. I was so inspired by the presentations and talks given that I promptly came home and started writing. Finally I had found something that would start of my great blog.

This is what I wrote…

“Today a friend of mine was given an award for his work with animals. This was a national award given to people who have made a difference to animal welfare over the last one year. It was given to him by the hands of a former Prime Minister of my country. The jury members were prominent people from different fields with a one common element – they all believe in the same cause. My friend is all off 29 years old.

What makes a person give up a lucrative career, prospective millions and all the shing ding that goes with it? Commitment, strong beliefs and a lot of courage. I am really proud of this friend of mine; for more reasons than one. To begin with he got the recognition that was due to him. Then of course there is the point that he has done something that me and so many others I know just talk about… but never do anything about. And most important of all his work is making a difference.

I came to witness the awards as a proud friend. I was sitting through the evening’s proceedings listening to prominent animal and environmental activists talking about current scenarios in my country. I always knew that we were abusing our environment – not just animals, but everything. I never realized that we were being so criminal. Camels having their throats slashed and left to bleed to death on a festival to prove the affluence of families; monkeys being uprooted from their natural habitat to feed ‘hungry’ panthers; animals being killed in zoos because the authorities don’t know the proper methods of tranquilizing them. Good God! Someone remind me who is the animal here and who is the ‘civilized’ species!”

Now it is the end of March and I am starting this up all over again. All inspiration, encouragement, feedback, etc are welcome…