Monday 25 November 2013

I Err, I Learn

Ah, speech time. I will try and keep this short. And simple. I say simple because many a times in the maze of fancy words, the essence of what you really want to express gets lost.

It gives me immense happiness to win this blogging award, though a part of me - that always keeps nagging with its incessant questions - is also wondering if I really deserve this one. But now that I have actually won the award, for a while I have all the authority to ask that incessantly blabbering part to shut up and let me enjoy my five minutes of fame.

I cannot thank BlogAdda enough for acknowledging my blogs and my intermittent efforts at penning down all my big and small, random and concrete musings therein. I created my first blog way back in 2007, when almost every other person around me was creating a blog to show off their extensive grasp about every topic under the sun. But my blog was primarily to vent and ramble, for I had no expertise on any subject that I could show off. And this remains the case even today. I remember, the first labels I used for my posts were ‘random’ and ‘musings’, for that’s what they were - random observations about this and that.

I was never a very focussed blogger, abandoning quite a few blogs before finally creating one that I decided to stick to. And the good people at various blogging forums ensured that I kept scribbling regularly there – through their various writing prompts and blogging drives. A great high was when I won the blogging competition to be a part of the MTV travel show - Nano Drive with MTV Season 2, and got to represent BlogAdda on the incredible 21-day trip across India. The memories of that beautiful journey, I will cherish forever. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity I was bestowed with.

I am not the brightest of bloggers around but I am happy that whatever little I write and share is coherent enough for readers to read and appreciate. I err too but then I look around and learn from fellow bloggers and from concerned readers. Whenever I have doubts, they are addressed pronto by the good people here. Thank you Team BlogAdda for driving all bloggers to write more and write better. Blogging is one of the best medium for self expression, and it’s humbling, rewarding and motivating to see your efforts getting rewarded. Thank you BlogAdda. Keep motivating us all. 


This would be My Winning Speech on being rewarded the BlogAdda Blog Award!

20 comments:

  1. Hey. That's a very nice blog. A small token of love and appreciation. A Liebster Award.

    http://echoesofmywhispers.blogspot.in/2013/11/Liebster-award.html

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    1. Thanks for the Leibster Srijan! This is indeed very motivating! :)

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  2. :-) and u have some dedicated readers like yours truly :-)

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    1. Thanks Ray sir. If I get to give a speech in real, I will opt for a shorter version :)

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  4. How sweet! Even I abandoned my own blog for a while in between and do feel guilty still. But then its like we do with life right? Leave it sometime and get back to it in our own sweet time. :-) All the best and I am sure this winning speech will not go in vain :-)

    Richa

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    1. Thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words Richa. :)

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  5. Congrats RP! Best of luck for the future too :)

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  6. That's how I started my blog too and for the same reasons :D It's been five years now...
    The speech was great :D All the best :)

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  7. Congrats on the Award. What matters is not how eloquent we are or how stylish our expression is, but how genuine our writing is.

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    1. Exactly Matheikal sir. More than the fancy words, it's the honesty that reflects in the writing that wins readers.

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  8. An honest post, all the best for the contest.

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  9. C2:60 Window seat.Nothing fancy you said! Please don't read my blog :P

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    1. Hey Shashwat! It took me a while to figure out the comment. :D Checking out your blog now!

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