Why I started blogging/A note to readers

Candlelight Vigil at Marina Beach, Chennai (Photo courtesy- an unknown IACChennai Volunteer)

Technically speaking this blog is one year old. But in reality, I took up blogging seriously only since March 2012.

Yet of all the posts that I have written, my first post remains my favorite, for I wrote it when I had just returned to India. Why? The phrase “return to Motherland” simply did not make the cut for me. I wanted a relationship with her that was appropriate for me as a woman and hence this article "Why I hesitate to call my country Motherland?". After I wrote it, I was driven by an urge to share it and hence this blog!

Photo Courtesy: Volunteers of IACChennai

But since I did not know anything about blogging at that time, not many have read this piece, which may I state again, IS my favourite post of all times! Do read it here:-

http://tillingtheearthwoman.blogspot.in/2011/07/why-i-hesitate-to-call-my-country.html

 

A note to my readers: I have been long wanting to see India beyond her cities. To visit her villages, to discover that 80% population who remain outside my purview of interaction. I get to do that now. I had initially thought I would be able to update and respond to comments by readers occasionally. But as my travel picks up speed and depth—I break through South and move to North India this week, unceasingly till Aug 3^rd week, through villages in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bengal and Odisha—I realize that it is difficult.

So I apologize to my readers for not responding to some of the previous comments, personal emails and other notifications. I am also sorry I will not be able to visit several of your blogs which I cherish. I promise to make up when I return.

Some of you have requested to follow me on other social media platforms. Here are the links:

Twitter handle: tw_bhav

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bhavana.upadhyaya

While travelling, I tweet more than I facebook :)

Happy blogging times!