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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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Saturday, October 22, 2005
Aala re aala, Blog Mela aala re
[image courtesy Nilesh]
Important Update: Due to some confusion about the Mela schedule, the Blog Mela for this week will not be hosted at Mode C. Instead, it shall be hosted at Neelakantan's and the nomination call is already out. The Mela shall return, however, to Mode C next week, that is, after the 3rd of November. Necessary changes in the rules have been made down below. Please do check the same and sorry for the inconvenience, if any.
All right babies and babas, ladies and ladaas, it is time for the second Bharateeya Blog Mela at Mode C. For those who do not know what Blog Mela is, feast your eyes on the following links:
Blog Mela Schedule
October 15th Blog Mela at Indiagenie's
October 6th Blog Mela at Trivial Matters'
September 26th Blog Mela at Dynamic Ram's
For those who had been waiting for Blog Melas but were unable to find any editions, which were perhaps lost somewhere in the middle of the IIPM controversy that plagued the Indian blogosphere for the last few weeks, here we are, back again to regale you with the best of desi blogs, written in desi style, by desi (or non-desi) bloggers.
Right, so 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 November 3 and therefore, the nominations should reach me by midnight, November 3 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, November 3 IST.
- The posts must either be written by Indians or be centered on India.
- The posts must be dated between October 28 and November 3.
- 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 06:53 am by Nitai
 | | | nadir
October 24, 2005 02:11 PM PDT
Baba!! Forget abt the blogmela. B4 that tell us when r u giving the URL for ur newest blogsite. U can't deprive ur friends n readers like this!!!! | |
| | | daycruz
October 24, 2005 02:30 PM PDT
I believe my fellow blogger Ashish's post should be nominated.. here is the link..
http://diproject.squarespace.com/weblog/2005/10/19/youre-not-indian.html | |
| | | neelakantan
October 25, 2005 10:21 AM PDT
Allright, now what do we do? you or me? The name showed up as Selva in the schedule. | |
| | | Nitai
October 25, 2005 03:09 PM PDT
Have changed my post to ask for nominations for next week. However, please do take into account the nominations of those who have already put it in here or shall be doing it due to some confusion. | |
| | | Shanti
October 26, 2005 03:23 AM PDT
Nitai, I apologize since you are being penalized here for being the prompt one. Hopefully, we will get back on track and do better from now on. | |
| | | neelakantan
October 26, 2005 10:54 AM PDT
Will take a note of the nominations here! Thanks once again! | |
| | | shrikanthk
October 31, 2005 04:56 PM PST
I nominate this post -
http://skuvce.blogspot.com/2005/10/shocking-indifference-i-was-browsing.html | |
| | | cynical nerd
November 4, 2005 01:26 AM PST
My take on the media reaction to the Delhi terror attacks.
http://delhi1029.blogspot.com/2005/11/has-indian-media-finally-breaking.html
when I posted it it is 1:30 am Nov. 4th beyond the midnight deadline. accept if u still like it. | |
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