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When was the last that I thought of you...I know not...but am I the one who goes alone on this path...and should I but care only a little for the souls that follow or those as march ahead?
Mode C is a way of life, perhaps my way of life: C for Cool, C for Cold, C for Chaos, C for Calvin. Ultimately, all of it boils down to the way you look at things. Are they not how they are but just how they appear?? No...and yes...Almost all the seriously critical fundamental concepts of life...aren't they just the bogies under Calvin's bed that he is afraid of? Miss Wormwood, Susie, Mom and Dad, and of course above all, Hobbes...aren't they all merely the means that he uses to attack these bogies?
Reflecting on 'living the Calvin way', I have started to believe that life and our reaction to it can only be explained by a number of Calvin and Hobbes strips combined together. The philosophy, as I like to call it, is to know that you are not alone. It is not just my perspective alone that is going to help me fight my bogies. I will be able to inch towards the Calvin way only when I perceive the other perspectives on my way.
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Friday, July 22, 2005
[image courtesy Nilesh]
All right babies and babas, ladies and ladaas, it is time for the first Bharateeya Blog Mela at Mode C. For those who do not know what Blog Mela is, gorge on the following links:
Blog Mela Schedule
July 14th Blog Mela at Patrix's
July 7th Blog Mela at Maanga's
June 30th Blog Mela at India Uncut
[Edited for the benefit of people who want to know more about BBM]
Some more links:
Old editions of Blog Mela
Blog Mela FAQ
Now that you know what BBM stands for, let me roll the red carpet for you and your nominations. The Mela will be hosted at Mode C on the weekend following July 28 and therefore, the nominations should reach me by midnight, July 28 Indian Standard Time (not stretchable, puhleaaaaaaaaze). As we wannabe managers often like to say, there are some ground rules:
- Nominations should be sent either as comments to this post or by email to nutkarsh[at]gmail[dot]com.
- Nominations should reach me latest by midnight, July 28 IST.
- The posts must either be written by Indians or be centered on India.
- The posts must be dated between July 22-28.
- Nominations should be sent as permalink(s) to the individual post(s) being nominated and not as link to the entire blog. In case the permalink feature is not available or not working, the title and date of the post should do.
- Nominations can be self nominations or if you are feeling extraordinarily generous, you can nominate my posts, too (or for that matter, anyone else's)
- While you are nominating, please do take care that the entry is not on the lines of "I woke up, I brushed my teeth, bathed and went to office, worked, came back and slept". Even if it has to be on those lines, there should ideally be something interesting, novel and insightful about the way the person bathes or brushes teeth or works...
Posted at 02:49 am by Nitai
 | | | nadir
July 22, 2005 04:54 AM PDT
Hmmm..... so u have finally decided to do somehting substantial....very nice! very nice! | |
| | | Nitai
July 22, 2005 10:33 AM PDT
Thanks :-)
Just what do you mean by finally...grr | |
| | | Sumit
July 22, 2005 11:47 AM PDT
Is this the latest fad in town after the taggin spree?? Just yesterday nite someone SPAMMED on my blog.. inviting for a similar contest... LOLz...
All the best.. shud make for an interesting read...
What I like the most are ur reviews.. Ur harry potter review has especially been appreciated.. :-) | |
| | | Nitai
July 22, 2005 12:16 PM PDT
Well Sumit, this is not a fad at all...something that has been going on for a long time amongst A-list bloggers and something that we have not really been exposed to yet.
If you look at the links I have given, you will realize the good that BBM has been doing. | |
| | | paro
July 25, 2005 07:27 PM PDT
yeh blogmela ka funda samajh mein nahin aya bhai... | |
| | | Nitai
July 25, 2005 08:47 PM PDT
The Bharateeya Blog Mela is hosted every week by a blogger who puts up the nomination calls at the beginning of the week. In reply to the call, bloggers from all over the country send in their nominations (including self nominations) through mail or as comments as to which blog posts did they find interesting enough to represent the Indian blogging community over the week.
The blogger hosting the blog mela then selects the blog posts from these nominations and/or from his/her own forays into the Indian blogosphere and puts up a weekend blog mela. This mela typically has a one line introduction each to the different posts and their links. The Blog Mela, like any other fair, thus tries to provide variety, quality, and masala, all at one place.
To get a real feel of the concept, look at the links I have given in the post, especially the ones pointing to earlier editions of the Mela. | |
| | | paro
July 25, 2005 10:08 PM PDT
thanx, nitai, thanx! that was a very informative reply to a comment!! :) | |
| | | BangaloreGuy
July 26, 2005 10:15 PM PDT
Can i nominate two posts?
1.http://lazydrive.blogspot.com/2005/07/splitting-hair-and-ruined-garments.html
Talks about clothes being literally "iron"ed.
2.http://swalpaadjustmaadi.blogspot.com/2005/07/yavaag-foreign-ge_26.html
Is about the "when are you going abroad" question repeatedly asked of a techie (a fwd though) | |
| | | Nitai
July 26, 2005 11:03 PM PDT
Sure you can...nominate as many posts as you want | |
| | | Aditya Bidikar
July 27, 2005 02:19 AM PDT
I've written a post on brain enhancing drugs.
http://sillysod.blogspot.com/2005/07/good-news-folks.html | |
| | | iG
July 27, 2005 06:51 PM PDT
i nominate Nitai's take on Viruddha.
http://modec.blogdrive.com/archive/182.html | |
| | | Jagadish
August 3, 2005 09:21 PM PDT
I nominate my Post "IT is not like that!" . http://jpath.blogspot.com/2005/07/it-is-not-like-that.html
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