Why do I need to have a blog? What shall I write about? That was the primary question in my mind when some of my friends suggested to start a blog a few years back.
I did start a blog. It was more to explore the world of blogging than anything serious. I think I published about five blogs --- the last one probably being in January of 2018 --- before things came to a standstill at 'Abhishek Opines'.
It had been like that since then.
However, being stuck mostly indoors owing to the pandemic and hardly getting the opportunity to meet and interact with friends and colleagues, things started to get too monotonous.
I wanted to get out of the shell and felt the urge to revisit and revive my blog. But, when I knocked on its doors, I found it to be locked owing to some technical issues. I figured out that it would require quite a few mails and subsequent follow-ups to get the 'keys' back again.
I was seriously not up for it. I just thought that let bygones be bygones and start afresh. And, the result of that is this blog and my comeback to this world.
I don't know whether this blog will face a similar fate as the last one but I am determined to do better.
And, finally the question that came up the last time as well. What will I write about? Frankly, anything that I feel strongly about. Football is very close to my heart and will surely find its place here.
I am also thinking of writing about mobiles. It is something that I take keen interest in and follow quite closely. Many of my friends and colleagues often seek my opinion before they purchase a new phone because I stay abreast with the latest products and developments.
However, I am neither a mobile reviewer nor in a position to try out different products and provide feedback. What I would rather look at is sharing my experiences of using different companies and softwares, the phones that appeal to me and what I try to look at when buying a new phone or suggesting options to others.
I hold a strong bond with the city of Kolkata. "Ei sohor jaane amar prothom sob kichu," is quite a perfect description of my relation with the City of Joy. I don't know whether it was a right decision or wrong --- probably the latter --- but it was the comfort and ease I feel living in this city that I wanted to come back to Kolkata for my professional career even after pursuing my M.A. degree in New Delhi.
Kolkata is famous for a lot of things: culture, heritage, history, art, cinema, theatre, language, politics, buildings, monuments and of course food. To me, however, the minute aspects and details characterize and define the city even more.
A friend of mine, who had come down to Kolkata for the the first time few years back, said this is a metropolitan city that has retained it soul. I agree with him.
Kolkata is not perfect, rather far from it. But, the warmth and love that tend to envelop as you stay longer here is truly infectious and enticing.
The city is teeming with stories and experiences that I would look to narrate and share here in my own words. The way I view things can obviously be strikingly different from how others look at it. And, that is what makes this city beautiful. There is no straight-jacket or homogeneous manner of experiencing this city.
One cannot predict the future and I may still have to leave Kolkata for professional or personal reasons. However, given a choice, this is where I would love to be for the rest of my life.
The ideas are there, it is now time to get cracking!!!
