Arbitrary Notions

Perfection has one grave defect: It is apt to be dull.       -W.Somerset Maugham

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”  – Ernest Hemingway

I t was back in 11th standard that I first came to know about blogging. The idea appealed to me as at that time I wanted to show my writing to the world. I thought I really am writing well ( this thought was helped by my teacher praising me for one of my stories written in exam ). I did not understand anything about it. I wrote a story, published it on blogger and waited. I waited and waited for a very long time, logging in to check how many page views I had. It was disappointing ( Very, very disappointing ).

I f you go on to Google and type the words ‘Rich Meaning’ ( alternatively you can find that dictionary and look up the meaning ), you will find that all the different meanings given there essentially mean ‘to have abundance of something’. This something can be of culture, money, colour, land, people, or anything and everything else under the sun. Sadly, and more importantly it is a matter of big concern that this word has come to be associated mostly with money.

E veryone who has ever written a blog post ( or a diary entry for that matter ) has at some point in their life thought about penning down a book.  It may not be a fully fledged novel but the thought of getting published does occur in the mind from time to time.