I wonder who you are
I saw my blogs today… … all three of them.
And I sat still… .. gazing at the screen. I wondered about the people who read my blog. Looking at my clustermap, I marveled at the dots on it. Brazil, Peru, Canada, Paris, Germany, China, Honolulu, even Iceland !
Visitors from almost everywhere frequent my space. No. of subscriptions in four types of feeds has increased manifolds.
Photograph Copyright : Cuckoo
Who these people are ? How do they know me ? Or more importantly why do they know me ??
I have people coming from places I have always dreamt to visit. Will I meet them when I go there ? Can I contact them to know more about the place ?
Photograph Copyright : Cuckoo
I know scores of visitors came here searching for some random words. How many of them have stuck to this blog ?
Why regular readers have become regular ?
I also think about those silent readers who never comment.
What do people ruminate when they read my blog? Do they identify with what I write or do they check this blog to negate me ? Are they judgmental of me ?
How many of them know me personally ?
The people I know in real life are spread all over this globe but majority of them don’t know about my space here. Only the close ones. Yet, do some of them read me ? Sometimes my readers know me so well that I feel, some of them are from my own territory. Is that so ? Or have my unknown readers become my close ones ?
I am actually curious to know who my readers are and how they landed here.
I wish one day I could know all of them personally… off this blog. At least for a day. To let me cherish the day, the moment.
So if you are reading this and wish to share about you and how you landed here, comment section is all yours. Please spare a moment to do so.
If you are uncomfortable writing there, you can write to me here.
And your silence is well respected as well.
Thank you.
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Mayank said,
August 22, 2009 @ 1:03 am
Hmm
Something happened? Why so serious?
well, I am coming on your blog since the very beginning. I think I came here searching for some words and liked your writing. I think it was your post on Mulgi Shikli. I saved it as a bookmark and after 2 days came and read all posts till then. Since then I am hooked onto your writing and eagerly wait for your posts.
I am also a Delhite like you and can very easily understand your predicament about certain issues.
Some of your writings are the best I have read on web, they are very touchy and authentic. I also like your poetry which mostly make me smile. Later I started checking your other 2 blogs but don’t comment much.
Best part is that you write in very simple colloquial words.
May you write more & more.
GBU
Mayank said,
August 22, 2009 @ 1:04 am
btw, angles of both photos above is fantastic.
Quite unusual.
Amazing pictures.
Tarun said,
August 22, 2009 @ 1:05 am
Hey Cuckoo…
To be honest dont know how I ended up on ur blog …
But that doesn’t matter any more.
I love what you write same goes for the snaps as well.
I mean I may not agree and understand all of it … but I like ur blog
Ever heard of Blog Day?
Cuckoo said,
August 22, 2009 @ 3:35 pm
Mayank,
Thanks a lot for putting up with me for this long.
Thank you. I too like the photos.
Tarun,
Thanks.
Yes, I’ve heard of Blog Day. I think it’s coming very soon. What do you plan to do ?
Amiya Shrivastava said,
August 23, 2009 @ 4:40 am
Hi Cuckoo,
I am visiting your blog after a long time…How have you been? I love to read blogs but I was totally outta it for nearly 4 months..
Amiya
Tarun said,
August 23, 2009 @ 6:49 pm
Yeah Blog Dat on 31-08-2009 …
It seems 3108 comes out to form the word Blog.
http://www.blogday.org/
Check their site
neers said,
August 23, 2009 @ 11:37 pm
hi…dunno if u still rem me…i deleted my blog long back…but ocassionally come visit u..
Cuckoo said,
August 23, 2009 @ 11:48 pm
Amiya,
Welcome again.
I am pretty fine. Thank you. How are you doing ? And where are you so busy ?
Yes, sometimes it’s better to leave blogs.
Cuckoo said,
August 23, 2009 @ 11:51 pm
Tarun,
Thanks. I am aware of this site and its ideas & goals.
BTW, Blog Action day is also coming.
Cuckoo said,
August 23, 2009 @ 11:55 pm
Neers,
Welcome. How can I forget you ? We two were regulars at Beast’s blog. Don’t you remember ?
Oh, wo bhi kya din the !
And Mads ? How’s she?
I am aware that you’ve deleted your blog and I miss it.
Tarun said,
August 24, 2009 @ 1:14 am
Need to check on blog action day.
By the way, the Aussies lost the Ashes.
Amiya said,
August 24, 2009 @ 1:42 am
Hi Cuckoo,
I was busy doing nothing…sometimes I simple while away my time…to put it in a better way…I was on post winters hibernation…
That photo on this blog is marvellous..what camera do you use?….Do you travel a lot…man it must be very expensive…do you take a lot of paid time off?
Amiya
Cuckoo said,
August 24, 2009 @ 2:17 am
Amiya,
Which photo are you talking about ? The tulips ones or the other ? Tulips is shot with an analogue camera. Minolta to be precise.
The other photo is with Panasonic Lumix which I use these days.
Yes, I travel a lot. Lot means lot.
And thanks for the appreciation. I badly needed it.
And check your mail-box including spam.
Cuckoo said,
August 24, 2009 @ 2:21 am
Tarun,
Ashes ? Yes, I know.
Read your post on Ashes.
Peter said,
August 24, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
I don’t remember how we first “met”, but what I know is that I’m happy to be a regular visitor here and to see you commenting on my blog! So far we have met only virtually (even for an interview), but I’m sure we must make it for real one day! I have already had the pleasure of meeting also physically a rather large number of bloggers (maybe 20 or 25?), always a pleasure! Somehow, you learn to know the persons when you have visited a blog for a while, exchanged comments… and there are some you really would like to really meet; you are certainly one of them!
rocksea said,
August 26, 2009 @ 12:42 am
thecouple said,
August 27, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
Hi Cuckoo
Don’t remember how we met. Was it thru Mr P N Subramaniam’s blog?
Quite a surprise, we met him the other day! Maybe, one day we will also meet.
Bindhu & Unny
Sharad said,
August 29, 2009 @ 11:05 am
ahhh sum1 in blogosphere recommneded me to go an see ur blog… and wat a delight it has been… so many wonderful posts,refreshing, sad, humorous, enlighting …. different, obessive.. I am happy that I have come across such wonder blog
keep writing..
Cuckoo said,
August 29, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
Peter,
You are a gem of a person, I’ve always said that.
And thanks for your nice compliment, I am also looking forward to it. The world is not coming to an end today.
Rocksea,
Yes, you are right about commenters but there is also an amount of regulars who wish to remain silent who do not know us personally. That’s what my experience says.
Cuckoo said,
August 29, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
Thecouple,
No, it wasn’t thru his blog.
Oh yes, one day. The world is very small.
Sharad,
Oh, you are embarrassing me now.
Sharad said,
August 29, 2009 @ 1:02 pm
hey cmon… I speak nothing but truth.. truth and only truth.. I am under an oath… I am being honest… there are very few blogs where I am a regular visitor, and there I am often on a commneting spree… ummmm sumtimes I think you must be thinking(ahh my english) kaha se yeh kaun aa gaya…faltu key comment mar ke pakata rehta hai… but I dont mind it…
The blog which I have visited most is urs… and that is a compliment!!! (:P)
Now dont get embaraased again.. and yes dont quote in sumwhere in ur “Most embarrasing moment”
neers said,
August 29, 2009 @ 1:09 pm
haha yeah…beast! sach mein yaar…those days were fun
mads is doin good…bahut time lagati hai post karne mein :P…i’ll tell her u asked abt her
Cuckoo said,
August 29, 2009 @ 1:25 pm
Sharad,
Thank you, thank you.
Lol………
Neers,
I don’t forget people so easily.