I introduced him to blogging and he has got totally addicted to it.During his first visit to the US in 1994,there was no concept called blogging,at least I hadn't heard of it.Appa used to write very detailed accounts of his visits to various cities in the US and Canada and send us postal mail every week for about 16 weeks that he stayed.Had blogging been prevalent then,I am sure he would have utilized it to the fullest extent.
He wrote a number of things akin to a travelogue about that trip and finally typed it all himself just like a thesis report.One reading of that report would give any newbie to the US an excellent understanding of all the nuances here.
This time his journey to the US after 16 years has also been a busy trip.He has stopped writing stuff on his diary and instead has taken to blogging.His blog is located at http://piyers.blogspot.com/ with the blog title being "Sarve Janaha Sukino Bhavanthu",a philosophy that he strongly believes and wishes for.Piyers refers to the future generations of Mr.T.A.Parameswara Iyer,my grand father who was the Devoswom commissioner of the temples in Kerala.
The blog is not pleasingly structured but then a patient read through it brings in a lot of memories and stands etched in our minds.
Another blog that I created for my maternal family is dedicated to the village we live a few years ago.Amma'a appa,amma used to live there and it was a regular vacation spot for all the grand children.That blog is jeeyapuram-family.blogspot.com.It has beautiful accounts from almost every member of the family about things that each of us enjoyed and relate to when we hear the word "Jeeyapuram"!
These blogs seem to be a trivial collection of irrelevant articles but then these would be immortal and stand there intact for a long time to come.The generations after us would really have history in their hands readily waiting for them.It would be easier to related to their ancestors than how it is for us the current generation.
Blogging is really contagious and but then it promotes a healthy thought process!
-Rajesh
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