BRAToSPHERE

Tag: blog

  • Blog – A personal Memoir

    Am writing here after long. A big break once again. This way, I think I should seriously evaluate what exactly am I maintaining this space for? Does anyone even visit this? Do I even open the blog? My own blog?

    I briefly touched upon the purpose (the in thing!), and on purpose can a blog serve in today’s hyper connected world where everyone is looking for a quick adrenaline fix, on a social media platform in less than 140 characters ideally. Reports indicate that our attention span has reduced to single digit seconds in the last decade. That means a person has less than a 10 second attention span on a particular “distraction” before moving on to something else. (The 10 second mentioned here is generous, reports indicate much lower than that!) In such times, what in the world would a person come to read a blog post for?

    Well, I believe it is more of a personal journal. A chronicle sorts to record the happenings and thoughts in your life. And this blog has served it well all through the years – its been more than a decade that I have been maintaining it in different forms.

    Thus, with this thought, I am convinced that a blog is much more than what it seems. It is like a open public personal diary of sorts. And that it is, and would continue to be, in the time foreseeable.

    In related news, I have recently moved to Atlanta, Georgia taking up an assignment within the company. These are exciting times, with new experiences everyday. I am excited on this new journey, and looking forward to new experiences and events enjoying the varied culture and a diverse ecosystem that this country has to offer. Hoping to keep you posted on these on a regular basis.

  • What purpose does a Blog serve?

     

    After long. Like after really really long, I today stumbled upon my site. My Blog. Bharatjhurani.com !

    Yes, I actually stumbled upon it, when I was searching for something else, and then realized that I actually pay a small fee every quarter to continue hosting this, and I have not even looked at it. No point checking if anyone has been looking at it! There is no new content on it for more than a year now for someone to be even redirected or check for anything here.

    This brings me to the thought – Are personal blogs relevant anymore? In this age of Instagram, and snapchat, where people can be connected with the “interesting stuff” happening in your life literally LIVE, why would anyone take the effort of going to a blog and reading stuff? More importantly, why would someone take the effort of writing down the whole episode, thoughts, beliefs, comments knowing very well that it is too late, and people have moved on.

    Taking one step back, why did I start the blog? To pen down my thoughts. I faintly remember that afternoon in the computer lab in engineering college when I stumbled (back then too!) upon this new toy called “blog” and immediately started penning down some random ramblings. Looking at the stuff that I had written back then, I clearly did not care who is reading it and what could be the repercussions. Did I not know that there could be a privacy filter, and I could make this blog a read only? I am sure I did. I just did not care. Call it youth!

    From when I can remember, I have always loved writing and storing my thoughts for perpetuity. I have maintained a personal journal (in the physical form) since the late nineties right since my early teen years. (Go calculate my age backward!) I have always enjoyed writing, and it is kind of therapeutic.

    I guess, with the years, I have become more mature and thus more careful. I have come to realize that my innocent ramblings could have a deep impact, and thus am careful on what is private , and what can go public.

    In such a quest, I don’t see a reason why should anyone be interested in my private life – what am I upto, what am I doing on weekends, which movie did I watch, which book did I read, etc..

    There was a brief time when I had started using this blog as a review site, but then I realized that it was tending to be more of a reminder for myself of which movies I have watched, and what books I had read, and I am no expert to be reviewing these works of art. I stopped my reviews in public, and rather penned down my small notes privately.

    In this day and age, I guess we have all graduated to instant gratification (in the “insta” age), and thus these social media platforms serve their purpose well. Though, I still don’t see a reason for people to flash their entire vacation album, but well,  I believe it is just easier that way to share some pictures with your friends and family. To each his own!

    In such circumstances, this blog needs to serve a different purpose.

    I think this would turn into a chronicler of all that I would want the world to know. There is stuff that I would like to share with you, hoping that it would help someone develop a better perspective on things that I have been doing, and thus help gain some knowledge. It would also serve the place where i make my point of view clear – to myself, and to whoever cares!

    With this renewed purpose, I am hoping to be more regular on this platform, and would love to hear from you.

  • Welcome to the Sphere

    Voila! We are finally up and running.

    A lot of exciting stuff has been happening of late, and you would gradually come to know of it.( sorry, confidential right now. I know saying this just raise even more curiosity!)

    Many things have been happening on the professional as well as on the personal front( NO! I AM NOT GETTING MARRIED!). Well, again, more on that later.

    After a lot of tweaking, and twisting, and going through oodles of manuals, the site is up on its own domain.

    The visible change, evident in front of you, is the new home of my dear blog. It is a complete revamp of the existing blog, which has been there for more than 5 years. Considering the many decisions that I have taken in the last couple of weeks, this is one activity which figures quite high on my priority list – Blogging.

    The name has changed, the design has changed, heck! The address itself has changed. But well, the treatment is still the same. This is the same sphere which has been providing you with your share of fun, and one liners, along with a lot of gyaan. Just expect it to increase in the coming days.

    Please do subscribe to BRAToSPHERE @ RSS

    Do follow BRAToSPHERE on Facebook @ FACEBOOK