Kal Ho Naa Ho

All things have a purpose.

If you start something, you have something in mind, some purpose for which it was created. Sometimes, however, a phase is reached when that reason no longer exists. In times like these, you decide whether to scuttle it altogether or to find a new purpose for it, a new raison-d’-etre, if you will. Today, my blog finds itself at a similar crossroads.

When I started it, writing was like a catharsis of sorts. A purgative. It took loads off my mind. Helped me speak out to an audience that mostly knew little about me. Under the constraints of time, blogging became erratic, but I always came back for another spell of catharsis (wonder if that’s grammatically acceptable). Today, it no longer seems necessary.

Its been close to a month since I posted. SF has come and gone. My third. Time flies, doesn’t it?? I have been lucky. All three SFs have been spent in very different ways from each other. Leaves you with different perspectives. Had a brand new one this time around too. And an absolutely lovely time. There are a couple of experiences through SF that I absolutely must write about next time (short of time right now, again; besides those are fairly long, so its best to deal with them in separate posts).

Right now, I am in worse physical condition than I can recall having been in ever. Haven’t shaved in days, which makes it look worse than it is, and been on a spree of nights-out. Things don’t look like they will change much by the looks of my schedule for the next month. I need a Duracell.

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R left last week after a lovely winter. Don’t know when I shall see him again.

And the important generalization:

What do you do with something that has outlived its purpose? Throw it away?

From the general to specifics:

Do I abandon my blog, then? Or find a new purpose?

A reflection on the above general question. Discussed it with a friend a few days back. He laughed and said that regardless of what it was, I would never be able to throw it away. I realize that he was probably right. So, then,… help me find a new raison-d’-etre for my blog…

Options I considered turning it into:

1. Kgp gaffe section
2. Sports journal
3. Ganguly backing or bashing
4. Travel guide(you can get details of my journeys from Kgp to Cal, journeys whose frequency has sadly decreased to one-fifth of what it used to be)
5. Choc hunt(my passion :D)
6. Food page(dedicated to cuisines)
7. A couple more that I am actually seriously considering
8. Taking one of the options suggested by readers (if any still come back, that is)